Adessenarian

English Etymology From en la adesse to be present; la ad + la esse to be. Noun en historical controversial chiefly in the plural rare A believer in the real presence of Christ's body in the Eucharist, but not by transubstantiation; Chiefly applied to certain followers of Martin Luther. en 1819 George Gregory A New and Complete Dictionary of Arts and Sciences: Including the Latest Improvement and Discovery and the Present States of Every Branch of Human Knowledge 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; en 1858 James Gardner The Faiths of the World 29 The Adessenarians were far from being agreed in reference to the mode in which the real presence existed; some en 1899 Audin (M., Jean Marie Vincent) History of the Life, Works, and Doctrines of John Calvin 403 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. Related terms adessive References en Christianity Lutheranism