Impanation

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Communion

also known as
"The Eucharist" or
"The Lord's Supper"

Theology
Consecration
Consubstantiation
Impanation
Memorialism
Real Presence
Sacramental Union
Transignification
Transubstantiation

Theologies contrasted
Anglican Eucharistic theology

Important theologians
Paul ·Aquinas
Augustine · Calvin
Chrysostom · Cranmer
Luther · Zwingli

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Christianity
Catholic Historic Roots
Closed and Open Table
Divine Liturgy
Eucharistic adoration
Eucharistic discipline
First Communion
Infant Communion
Mass · Sacrament
Sanctification

Impanation is a name employed to denote the union of the body of Christ with the bread of the Eucharist. This view, patterned on the analogy of Christ's hypostatic union: God made flesh in the Person of Jesus Christ, asserts that "God is made bread" in the Eucharist. Christ's divine attributes are shared by the eucharistic bread via his body. It is considered to be similar to consubstantiation. It is viewed as a heresy by the Roman Catholic Church and rejected by the Lutheran Church.

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This article incorporates text from the public domain 1907 edition of The Nuttall Encyclopaedia.