Did Martin Luther believe in Transubstantiation or Consubstantiation?

Question

Also, please define what is Transubstantiation and Consubstantiation. What differentiates the two?

Answer 1

Transubstantiation is the Roman Catholic doctrine that the Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity of Jesus Christ is not only present, but exists under the "appearance" of bread and wine. Catholic doctrine stresses that the elements of the bread and wine change while retaining the appearance of bread and wine to the senses.

Consubstantiation is the belief that the Body and Blood of Christ are present and exist along with the elements of bread and wine. This would be a belief most closely resembling the Lutheran belief of the "Real Presence of Christ". However, many theologians would say that it is not the "Lutheran doctrine of the Real Presence"

You should probably consult the Lutheran Book of Confessions which contain the Book of Concord for an official answer.


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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Consubstantiation

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consubstantiation

Answer 2

Joseph P. is correct about the distinction between consubstantiation and transubstantiation. At first glance, it may appear to be splitting hairs. But in consubstantiation the presence of Christ's body and blood is temporary. In transubstantion the change is permanent.

The Catholic Church, which believes in transubstantiation, treats the consecrated host as Christ. This is why Catholics genuflect or bow when near the tabernacle, where conscrated hosts are kept. It also explains the worship practice of Eucharistic Adoration in which Catholics will meditate/pray while gazing on a host displayed in a monstance.

Martin Luther believed in consubstatiation. Writing in the well-known Wolferinus letter of 1543, he said: "We shall define the time of the sacramental action in this way: that it starts with the beginning of the Our Father and lasts until all have communicated, have emptied the chalice, have consumed the hosts, until the people have been dismissed and (the priest) has left the altar." The Real Presence, for Luther, was temporary.

Answer 3

Define Consubstantiation

Answer 4

Define Transubstantiation

Answer 5

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Did Martin Luther believe in Transubstantiation or Consubstantiation?
Also, please define what is Transubstantiation and Consubstantiation. What differentiates the two?

Answer 6

Transubstantiation is the belief that the bread & wine literally become the flesh & blood of Jesus (so not true and so not biblical)

Don't know what the other thing is.....

I'm sure this bugged Matin Luther as well as all of the other junk he saw within the church at that time.......which is why we now have his 95 thesis (and praise God for him)

Answer 7

There is such thing as Google, Wikipedia, and the local library. They will have the answers you're looking for. There's also a good movie on his life called "Luther." You can rent it on DVD.

Answer 8

Those are deep doctrine issues, way beyond the scope of Yahoo answers. The first one says, the wine and bread actually become the body of Christ. I don't believe that, I think they represent the body and the blood of Christ. I forgot what the 2nd one means, but I bet it mean what I said second.