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Consubstantiation is Martin Luther's view that Christ is present along side the bread and wine for the duration of the service, but that He leaves, and it is purely bread and wine again after the service is over. During the service, not only is Christ present, but the bread and wine are still there. The concept is completely opposed to the Catholic view, which is transubstantiation.
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What church believes in Consubstantiation?
Catholic Church
What does consubstanciation mean?
The doctrine of consubstantiation is a Lutheran doctrine that states that the Christ's Eucharist, or the process by which the wine and bread at communion literally becomes the blood and body of Jesus is not true. Instead the doctrine of consubstantiation states that the wine and bread spiritually become the blood and body of Christ.
What is the opposite of transubstantiation?
consubstantiation it means that the presence of Jesus is present alongside the actual communion bread and wine. not actually in it like transubstantiation.
Why does martin Luther believe in consubstantiation?
Martin Luther believed in consubstantiation, also known as sacramental union, because he interpreted the Bible to teach that in the Eucharist, the bread and wine coexist with the body and blood of Christ. Luther rejected the Roman Catholic doctrine of transubstantiation, which teaches that the bread and wine are transformed into the literal body and blood of Christ.
What is the difference between transubstantiation and consubstantiation?
Transubstantiation--The bread and wine of the Holy Sacrament become the Body, Blood, Soul, and Divinity of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Only the accidents of bread and wine remain. Consubstantiation--An error which maintains that the Savior unites Himself for a short period of time to the bread and wine which remain fully and completely bread and wine.
What is the meaning of transubstantiation?
A change into another substance., The doctrine held by Roman Catholics, that the bread and wine in the Mass is converted into the body and blood of Christ; -- distinguished from consubstantiation, and impanation.
Did Luther believe in transubstantiation?
No, Martin Luther did not believe in transubstantiation. He rejected the Catholic doctrine that the bread and wine in the Eucharist physically transform into the body and blood of Christ. Instead, he believed in the concept of consubstantiation, where the body and blood of Christ coexist with the bread and wine.
What are the differences between consubstantiation and memorialism?
This is a guess but it probably refers to the theory of Communion; whether the eating of Christ's body and blood in the form of wine and bread is real or if it is a symbol to remember Christ's sacrifice by. Consubstantiation is the Lutheran terminology to describe their theological understanding of Holy Communion. This includes belief in what they term the 'real presence' of the body and blood of Christ as being 'in, with and under' the existing physical elements of the bread and wine. The Latin prefix 'con' means 'with' in English, hence the term 'consubstantiation.' Memorialism on the other hand is the belief taught in a number of churches, including Baptist and Reformed that the meal which Jesus taught Christians to observe is a memorial meal and does not involve any actual or real presence of the body and blood of Jesus. They believe it is intended to act as a memorial or solemn remembrance of the suffering and death of Jesus on the cross of Calvary. The one major difference is thus around whether or not there is actually the body and blood of Jesus Christ present. The Lutheran teaching is thus similar to both the Catholic and Anglican teaching here and differs from other denominations who hold it is a memorial only with no actual body and blood being present.
What is the difference in belief in the Eucharist between the Catholic the Episcopal the Presbyterians and other Protestant denominations?
The theological differences between different denominations is great... the meaning probably can be said to be the same. The Eucharist is believed to be the Body of Christ. Theologically the means whereby this comes about is: Catholics believe in transubstantiation Lutherans: consubstantiation Episcopals "transignification"; Calvin... a mystery. For all: "The Body of Christ"
Do you have to pray to Mary and saints to be orthodox?
I believe as well that another point which needs to be stressed here regards the issue of transubstantiation vs. consubstantiation. Lutherans as I recall do not believe in transubstantiation or the concept that at communion the "Lord's supper" literaly becomes the body and blood of Jesus as we observe and particiate in that act of worship. As I recall, Luther belived in consubstantion....not that the wine and bread literally became Jesus' body within us, but that at that observance there was at least a "presence" of the Holy Spirit there.
On what main point did Ulrich Zwingli's ideas about Christianity differ from Luther's?
Ulrich Zwingli's main point of divergence from Martin Luther's ideas about Christianity centered on the understanding of the Eucharist. While Luther believed in the real presence of Christ in the bread and wine (consubstantiation), Zwingli viewed the Eucharist as a symbolic memorial, emphasizing that it was merely a representation of Christ's body and blood. This fundamental difference in interpretation of sacraments reflected their broader theological disagreements about the nature of faith and salvation.
