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Homoousian

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Ho·mo·ou·si·an  (hm-s-n, -z-)
n.
A Christian supporting the Council of Nicaea's Trinitarian definition of Jesus the Son of God as consubstantial with God the Father.

[Late Latin homosinus, from homosius, of same substance, from Greek homoousios : homo-, homo- + ousi, substance; see Homoiousian.]

Homoousian [ˌhəʊməʊˈuːsɪən -ˈaʊ- ˌhɒm-]
n
(Christian Religious Writings / Theology) a Christian who believes that the Son is of the same substance as the Father Compare Homoiousian
adj
(Christian Religious Writings / Theology) of or relating to the Homoousians
[from Late Greek homoousios of the same substance, from Greek homo- + ousia nature]
Homoousianism  n


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The days when Humeans and Homoousians mostly stayed out of one another's hair are gone, it seems, forever.
This allowed Edward Gibbon (himself briefly a Roman Catholic) to let rip: "The profane of every age have derided the furious contests which the difference of a single diphthong exacted between the Homoousians and the Homoiousians.
 
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