Meaning of Adessenarian | Babel Free

Definitions

A believer in the real presence of Christ's body in the Eucharist, but not by transubstantiation, applied to followers of Luther.

historical, in-plural, rare

Examples

“ADESSENARIANS, a sect of Christians, who maintain that Jesus Christ is really present in the eucharist, though not by way of transubstantiation. The adessenarians differ among themselves, some of them holding that the body of Jesus Christ is in the bread;”

“The Adessenarians were far from being agreed in reference to the mode in which the real presence existed; some[…]”

“At the death of Zwingle, the church of Zurich was divided into […] the Arhabenarians, the Adessenarians, the Metaphorists, the Iscariotists, and the Nothingarians. The dispute, for a moment tranquilized, was revived again on the slightest historical accident.”

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