Definition of Hypostases. Meaning of Hypostases. Synonyms of Hypostases

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Definition of Hypostases

Hypostases
Hypostasis Hy*pos"ta*sis, n.; pl. Hypostases. [L., fr. Gr. ? subsistence, substance, fr. ? to stand under; ? under + ? to stand, middle voice of ? to cause to stand. See Hypo-, and Stand.] 1. That which forms the basis of anything; underlying principle; a concept or mental entity conceived or treated as an existing being or thing. 2. (Theol.) Substance; subsistence; essence; person; personality; -- used by the early theologians to denote any one of the three subdivisions of the Godhead, the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Note: The Council of Alexandria (a. d. 362) defined hypostasis as synonymous with person. --Schaff-Herzog. 3. Principle; an element; -- used by the alchemists in speaking of salt, sulphur, and mercury, which they considered as the three principles of all material bodies. 4. (Med.) That which is deposited at the bottom of a fluid; sediment.

Meaning of Hypostases from wikipedia

- advocates that God has two hypostases (Father and Son); the Trihypostatic concept advocates that God has three hypostases (Father, Son and the Holy Spirit)...
- Look up hypostasis in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Hypostasis, hypostatic, or hypostatization (hypostatisation; from the Ancient Gr**** ὑπόστᾰσις, "under...
- eternal God, who exists as a peric****sis ("mutual indwelling") of three hypostases, or "persons": God the Father; God the Son; and God the Holy Spirit, which...
- Ptah /ˈtɑː/ (Ancient Egyptian: ptḥ, reconstructed [piˈtaħ]; Ancient Gr****: Φθά; Coptic: ⲡⲧⲁϩ; Phoenician: 𐤐𐤕𐤇, romanized: ptḥ) is an ancient Egyptian...
- the Son (Jesus Christ) and God the Holy Spirit, three distinct persons (hypostases) sharing one essence/substance/nature (homoousion). As the Fourth Lateran...
- Godhead as three coeternal, consubstantial, co-immanent, and equally divine hypostases. During the patristic period, Christian theologians attempted to clarify...
- of being. So, the Trinity is composed of three distinct 'persons' or 'hypostases' which are in integral relation with one another. The Cappadocian Fathers...
- Chemosh (Moabite: 𐤊𐤌𐤔 Kamōš; Biblical Hebrew: כְּמוֹשׁ Kəmōš) is an ancient Semitic deity whose existence is recorded during the Iron Age. Chemosh was...
- They ****ist Ahura Mazda in his battle against the evil spirit, and are hypostases of moral or physical aspects of creation. Yazatas are further divided...
- in its innumerable aggregate states, is represented by the Apas, the hypostases of the waters. Āb (plural Ābān) is the Middle Persian-language form. "To...