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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