Consubstantiation

Popular name of Luther's doctrine, that in the Eucharist Christ is corporeally present with the elements in usu, being received with the mouth, even by the unworthy, though to their condemnation. The term was never accepted by Luther ans. Consuls. (1) Two highest magistrates of the Roman Republic, chosen annually from 510 B. C., at first from the patricians only. The title was revived in the French Republic, lasting from Nov. 1799 to May 1804. (2) Commercial agents of one nation resident in another for the protection of the interests of traders, travelers and mariners of their nation. Ordinarily they have no diplomatic duties, and are subject to the laws and the jurisdiction of the state where they reside; by treaty they exercise jurisdiction over their countrymen in many Oriental states. Jurisdiction of all cases affecting foreign consuls in the U. S. is vested in the Federal Courts.