enow.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Eucharist in Lutheranism - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eucharist_in_Lutheranism

    Lutherans believe that the Body and Blood of Christ are "truly and substantially present in, with and under the forms" of consecrated bread and wine (the elements), [4] so that communicants eat and drink both the elements and the true Body and Blood of Christ himself [5] in the Sacrament of the Eucharist whether they are believers or unbelievers.

  3. Sacramental union - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacramental_union

    Lutherans have also rejected the designation of their position as consubstantiation because they believe it, like transubstantiation, is a philosophical explanation of the Real Presence, whereas the sacramental union provides a description of the Real Presence.

  4. Eucharistic theology - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eucharistic_theology

    The Lutheran view has erroneously been called "consubstantiation", and Lutheran theologians reject the use of this term as it creates confusion with an earlier doctrine of the same name. [ 53 ] [ 54 ] [ 55 ] Lutherans use the term "in, with and under the forms of consecrated bread and wine" and "sacramental union" to distinguish their ...

  5. Consubstantiation - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consubstantiation

    Consubstantiation is a Christian theological doctrine that (like transubstantiation) describes the real presence of Christ in the Eucharist. It holds that during the sacrament , the substance of the body and blood of Christ are present alongside the substance of the bread and wine, which remain present.

  6. Lutheran sacraments - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lutheran_sacraments

    In the present day, certain Lutheran churches teach that there are three sacraments: Holy Baptism, Holy Eucharist, and Holy Absolution (Confession). [5] [6] [7] Other Lutheran churches teach two sacraments, Holy Baptism and Holy Eucharist, while holding that Holy Absolution is an extension of the sacrament of Holy Baptism. Regardless of the ...

  7. Eucharistic discipline - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eucharistic_discipline

    [13] [14] [15] Failing to do so is condemned by these Lutherans as the sin of "unionism". [16] These Lutheran denominations restrict communicants to members of their own Synod and those churches and Synods with whom they share " altar and pulpit fellowship ", which may mean excluding even other Lutherans from Eucharistic reception.

  8. Blood of Christ - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood_of_Christ

    The Lutheran churches follow the teaching of Martin Luther in defining the presence of Christ in the eucharistic elements as sacramental union (often misconstrued as consubstantiation), meaning that the fundamental "substance" of the body and blood of Christ are literally present alongside the substance of the bread and wine, which remain ...

  9. Protestant liturgy - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protestant_liturgy

    The term "Divine Office" describes the practice of "marking the hours of each day and sanctifying the day with prayer". [6] In Lutheranism, the offices were also combined into the two offices of Matins and Vespers, both of which are still maintained in modern Lutheran prayer books and hymnals. A common practice among Lutherans in America is to ...