Homoousion

//hɒməʊˈuːzɪɒn// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative form of homoousion alt-of, alternative, uncountable

    "The campaign to get rid of the Homoousion from Christian credal statements split the Church in the empire for another half-century and more."

  2. 2
    A homoousian entity.

    "In concepts of earlier systematic theology, it is possible to talk of a homoousion with respect to God, and thus of the community of will of the Father and the Son on the cross. However, the unity contains not only identity of substance but also the wholly and utterly different character and inequality of the event on the cross."

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"The campaign to get rid of the Homoousion from Christian credal statements split the Church in the empire for another half-century and more."

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