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To: ReformationFan; Ruy Dias de Bivar; firebasecody
Not quite right, we call it the Doctrine of the Real Presence:
"Luther's position (particularly as developed by subsequent Lutheranism) is referred to as a "real physical presence" of Christ in the elements. The bread is still bread, but it is also truly the body of Christ. And while the wine does not lose its "wine-ness", it is very much the actual blood of Christ. Luther found Jesus' words "This is my body" (Hoc est corpus meum) as a mandate for such an understanding. This view is often conflated with consubstantiation, which is a philosophical rather than a theological view."
17 posted on 10/31/2012 6:50:43 PM PDT by stayathomemom (Beware of kittens modifying your posts.)
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To: stayathomemom

Please, do expand the bolded part. I am interested.


26 posted on 11/01/2012 6:26:08 AM PDT by firebasecody (Orthodoxy, proclaiming the Truth since AD 33)
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