Lutherans - Real Presence?

[FR0G]

I've heard that Lutherans believe in something similar to trassubstantiation. Is this so?

 

[JVAC]

Yes, in a way. I just finished posting at length in the thread entitled "Communion". Go there for some good information.

 

[Phoebe]

Yes, we believe that Christ is present in Holy Communion.

 

[theseed]

Lutherans don't believer in a biological presence, as if the bread and wine become the flesh and blood of Christ. Lutherans believe what other protestants call consubstantion.

 

[ByzantineDixie]

Lutherans don't believer in a biological presence, as if the bread and wine become the flesh and blood of Christ. Lutherans believe what other protestants call consubstantion.

Actually Lutherans do not believe in consubstantiation or "commixture", but rather, they believe that the bread contains the body of Christ and the wine contains the blood of Christ. The bread remains bread, the wine remains wine but Christ's body is present in the bread and his blood is present in the wine. Not co-mingled...present in. Does that make sense?

Granted its a subtle difference from consubstantiation but a distinction that is maintained nonetheless.

Rose

 

[Phoebe]

Here is part of what Luther had to say about the Sacrament of the Altar.
"It is the true body and blood of the Lord Jesus Christ in and under the bread and the wine which we Christians are commanded by Christ's word to eat and drink. As we said of Baptism that it is not mere water, so we say here that the sacrament is bread and wine, but not mere bread or wine such as served at the table. It is bread and wine comprehended in God's Word and connected with it."

 

[Filia Mariae]

I've heard that Lutherans believe in something similar to trassubstantiation. Is this so?

Transubstantiation means that the bread and wine become the body and blood.

Lutherans believe that the bread and wine contain the body and blood.

 

[PuppyforChrist]

Nicely put Carly!