Consubstantial is a term used in orthodoxChristiantheology. Derived from Greek, it describes the relationship between the three Divine Persons of the Christian Trinity and conotes that God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit are "of the same substance" (or "of one essence" or "of one Being") in that the Son is "generated" ("born" or "begotten") "before all ages" or "eternally" of the Father's own Being, from which the Spirit also eternally "proceeds." Separate articles treat Eastern Orthodox Christianity and Orthodox Judaism. ... As a noun, Christian is an appellation and moniker deriving from the appellation Christ, which many people associate exclusively with Jesus of Nazareth. ... Theology is reasoned discourse concerning God (Greek θεοÏ, theos, God, + λογοÏ, logos, word or reason). It also refers to the study of other religious topics. ... The Trinity is God, according to the teaching of the churches which represent the majority of Christians. ...
The term can also be used to describe the common humanity which is shared by all human persons. Thus, JesusChrist is said to be consubstantial with the Father in His Divinity and consubstantial with "us" in His humanity. // Jesus, or Jesus of Nazareth, also known as Jesus Christ, is Christianitys central figure, both as Messiah and, for most Christians, as God incarnate. ... Christ is the English representation of the Greek word ΧÏιÏÏÏÏ (transliterated as Khristós), which means anointed. ...
Consubstantiation is a theological doctrine that, like the competing theory of transubstantiation, attempts to describe the nature of the ChristianEucharist in concrete metaphysical terms.
Transubstantiation differs from consubstantiation in that it postulates that through consecration, according to some, that one set of substances (bread and wine) is exchanged for another (the Body and Blood of Christ) or, according to others, that the reality of the bread and wine become the reality of the body and blood of Christ.
Consubstantiation is commonly associated with the teachings of Martin Luther and Philipp Melanchthon, the latter actually employing the term with the approval of the former.