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.
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.