Consubstantiation
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Consubstantiation is a Christian theological doctrine, often linked with some Protestant traditions, that holds Christ’s body and blood to be present alongside the unchanged bread and wine in the Eucharist.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Consubstantiation canonical | 1 |
| Real Presence | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T84593 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Consubstantiation Context triple: [Holy Eucharist, associatedDoctrine, Consubstantiation]
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A.
Perpetual Virginity of Mary
The Perpetual Virginity of Mary is a Christian doctrine teaching that Mary remained a virgin before, during, and after the birth of Jesus.
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B.
Modalism
Modalism is a nontrinitarian Christian theological view that understands the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit as different modes or manifestations of one divine person rather than as three distinct persons.
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C.
Filioque clause in the Nicene Creed
The Filioque clause in the Nicene Creed is a Western-added phrase asserting that the Holy Spirit proceeds from both the Father and the Son, which became a major theological and ecclesiastical point of contention between Eastern and Western Christianity.
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D.
Anointing of the Sick
Anointing of the Sick is a Roman Catholic sacrament in which a priest prays over and anoints those who are seriously ill or near death to confer spiritual strength, forgiveness, and, if God wills, physical healing.
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E.
Tridentine Mass
The Tridentine Mass is the traditional Latin liturgy of the Roman Catholic Church codified in the 16th century and used as its standard form of the Mass for several centuries.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Consubstantiation Target entity description: Consubstantiation is a Christian theological doctrine, often linked with some Protestant traditions, that holds Christ’s body and blood to be present alongside the unchanged bread and wine in the Eucharist.
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A.
Perpetual Virginity of Mary
The Perpetual Virginity of Mary is a Christian doctrine teaching that Mary remained a virgin before, during, and after the birth of Jesus.
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B.
Modalism
Modalism is a nontrinitarian Christian theological view that understands the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit as different modes or manifestations of one divine person rather than as three distinct persons.
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C.
Filioque clause in the Nicene Creed
The Filioque clause in the Nicene Creed is a Western-added phrase asserting that the Holy Spirit proceeds from both the Father and the Son, which became a major theological and ecclesiastical point of contention between Eastern and Western Christianity.
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D.
Anointing of the Sick
Anointing of the Sick is a Roman Catholic sacrament in which a priest prays over and anoints those who are seriously ill or near death to confer spiritual strength, forgiveness, and, if God wills, physical healing.
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E.
Tridentine Mass
The Tridentine Mass is the traditional Latin liturgy of the Roman Catholic Church codified in the 16th century and used as its standard form of the Mass for several centuries.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Christian theological doctrine
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Eucharistic theology ⓘ doctrine about the Real Presence ⓘ |
| affirms |
Real Presence of Christ in the Eucharist
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continued physical reality of bread and wine ⓘ |
| aimsToPreserve |
continuity of bread and wine as signs
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literal words of institution ‘This is my body’ ⓘ |
| contrastsWith |
Memorialism
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Symbolic Eucharistic theology ⓘ Transubstantiation ⓘ |
| denies | annihilation of the substance of bread and wine ⓘ |
| differsFrom |
Roman Catholic doctrine of Transubstantiation
ⓘ
view that the substance of bread and wine is changed ⓘ |
| etymology | from Latin ‘con-’ (with) and ‘substantia’ (substance) ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeDescription | doctrine that Christ’s body and blood coexist with bread and wine ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalContext | Reformation-era Eucharistic controversies ⓘ |
| hasKeyTerm |
Eucharistic elements
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presence ⓘ substance ⓘ |
| hasMainConcept | Christ’s body and blood are present with bread and wine in the Eucharist ⓘ |
| hasViewOn |
metaphysical status of bread and wine
ⓘ
mode of Christ’s presence in the sacrament ⓘ |
| isCharacterizedAs | presence of Christ ‘with, in, and under’ the elements (in some descriptions) ⓘ |
| isCriticizedFor |
implying a local, physical presence of Christ in the elements
ⓘ
philosophical difficulties about two substances in one place ⓘ |
| isDiscussedIn |
ecumenical dialogues on the Eucharist
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sacramental theology ⓘ systematic theology ⓘ |
| isDistinguishedFrom | Lutheran ‘sacramental union’ in confessional documents ⓘ |
| isEvaluatedBy | many theologians as an inadequate description of Lutheran teaching ⓘ |
| isOftenAssociatedWith |
Lutheranism (in popular description)
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some Protestant traditions ⓘ |
| isOftenRejectedBy |
Eastern Orthodox Christianity
ⓘ
surface form:
Eastern Orthodox Church
Roman Catholicism ⓘ
surface form:
Roman Catholic Church
official Lutheran theology ⓘ |
| isReferencedIn |
Eucharistic doctrinal summaries
ⓘ
theological encyclopedias ⓘ |
| isSometimesClassifiedAs |
concomitance theory of presence
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impanation-type theory ⓘ |
| isSubjectOf |
debates between Catholic and Protestant theologians
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philosophical discussions about substance and accidents ⓘ |
| languageOrigin | Latin ⓘ |
| relatesTo |
Holy Eucharist
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surface form:
Eucharist
Holy Eucharist ⓘ
surface form:
Holy Communion
Last Supper ⓘ
surface form:
Lord’s Supper
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| teaches |
Christ’s body and blood are present alongside the unchanged elements
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Christ’s body and blood are truly present in the Lord’s Supper ⓘ bread and wine remain bread and wine after consecration ⓘ |
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Subject: Consubstantiation Description of subject: Consubstantiation is a Christian theological doctrine, often linked with some Protestant traditions, that holds Christ’s body and blood to be present alongside the unchanged bread and wine in the Eucharist.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Real Presence