Consubstantiation
Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary [1]
a tenet of the Lutheran church respecting the presence of Christ in the Lord's Supper. Luther denied that the elements were changed after consecration, and therefore taught that the bread and wine indeed remain; but that together with them, there is present the substance of the body of Christ, which is literally received by communicants. As in red-hot iron it may be said two distinct substances, iron and fire, are united, so is the body of Christ joined with the bread. Some of his followers, who acknowledged that similes prove nothing, contented themselves with saying that the body and blood of Christ are really present in the sacrament in an inexplicable manner. See Lord 'S Supper .
Charles Buck Theological Dictionary [2]
A tenet of the Lutheran church, with regard to the manner of the change made in the bread and wine in the Eucharist. The divines of that profession maintain that, after consecration, the body and blood of our Saviour are substantially present, together with the substance of the bread and wine, which is called consubstantiation, or impanation.
Webster's Dictionary [3]
(1): (n.) An identity or union of substance.
(2): (n.) The actual, substantial presence of the body of Christ with the bread and wine of the sacrament of the Lord's Supper; impanation; - opposed to transubstantiation.
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [4]
the doctrine that, in the Lord's Supper, the bread remains bread, and the wine remains wine; but that with and by means of the consecrated elements the true natural body and blood of Christ are communicated to the recipients. It differs from Transubstantiation (q.v.) in that it does not imply a change in the substance of the elements. Browne on 39 Articles, art. 28, 1; Hagenbach, History of Doctrines, 2:309 (Smith's ed.). (See Impanation); (See Lords Supper); (See Luther); (See Lutheran Church); (See Transubstantiation).
