Sussex Parson: Marc Lloyd's 'Miscellanies'

Although I don't believe in consubstantiation, because I want to think about the relationship between Word and Sacrament and how Christ is present in them, I was interested in this from Malcolm Maclean, Lord's Supper (Mentor, 2009), p51:

One of Luther’s arguments for consubstantiation is that “a spoken word can influence many people at the same time. When Christ is preached, and by a bodily voice (the preacher) brought into a person’s heart, Christ’s presence is real; and this experience can be known by many people at the same time, with each person receiving a whole Christ. This does not mean that Christ has left heaven, rather he is still there and also in the heart of each believer. If one believes this, then it is not difficult to accept that Christ can also be in heaven and in the elements of bread and wine at the same time. What causes the elements to have the presence of Christ is the word of divine authority indicating he is there. ‘Just as he enters the heart without breaking a hole in it, but is comprehended only through the Word and hearing, so also he enters into the bread without needing to make a hole in it.’ Martin Luther, ‘The Sacrament of the Body and Blood of Christ – Against Fanatics’, Works (Fortress Press, 1959) Vol. 36, pp339-41