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Homoousian
Homoousian Ho`mo*ou"si*an, a.
Of or pertaining to the Homoousians, or to the doctrines they
held.
Homoousian
Homoousian Ho`mo*ou"si*an, n. [Gr. ?; ? the same + ? being,
essence, substance.] (Eccl. Hist.)
One of those, in the 4th century, who accepted the Nicene
creed, and maintained that the Son had the same essence or
substance with the Father; -- opposed to homoiousian.
Meaning of Homoousian from wikipedia
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which sometimes conflicted with each
other as well as with the pro-Nicene
homoousian creed can be
roughly broken down into the
following classifications: Homoiousianism...
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theological doctrines held by
Homoousian Christians regarding the
nature of the
Trinity and the
nature of Christ.
Homoousianism and
Arianism were contending...
- the
First Council of Nicaea,
where Arianism was
condemned in
favor of
Homoousian conceptions of God and Jesus.
Opposition to
Arianism remains embodied...
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Christian theologians at this
point in
history was the
doctrine of
homoousianism,
articulated and
fiercely defended by
Athanasius of Alexandria, according...
- homoiousian, then
homoousian, and
later homoian bishop of Singidunum, who had
opposed Athanasius. Valens,
initially homoiousian, then
homoousian, and
later homoian...
- held to a form of Arianism: that
Jesus was
neither of the same
nature (
homoousian) as God the
Father nor a
similar nature to God the
Father (homoiousian)—the...
- doctrines. The most
significant of
these early decisions was that
between the
homoousian doctrine of
Athanasius and
Eustathius (which
became Trinitarianism) and...
- pro-Nicene
Eustathius of Antioch, whom the
synod of
Melitene deposed for his
Homoousianism,
which they
considered a heresy, and by
Saint Athanasius of Alexandria...
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above men's understanding; It has been
noted also that the Gr**** term "
homoousian",
which Athanasius of
Alexandria favored, was
actually a term that was...
- "Arian" did not
consider themselves followers of Arius. In addition, non-
homoousian bishops disagreed with
being labeled as
followers of Arius,
since Arius...
