Homoousian
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Origin of Homoousian
1555–65; < Late Greek homooúsi ( os ) of the same substance ( Greek hom ( o )- homo- + ousí ( a ) substance, essence + -os adj. suffix) + -an
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His characteristic functions of Redeemer, Mediator, King, and final Judge, must all cease to be attributable to Christ; and the conclusion is, that between the Homoousian scheme and mere Psilanthropism there is no intelligible 'medium'.
From The Literary Remains of Samuel Taylor Coleridge by Coleridge, Henry Nelson
The emperors were the natural protectors of the Homoousian doctrine; and the faithful people of Africa, both as Romans and as Catholics, preferred their lawful sovereignty to the usurpation of the Barbarous heretics.
From History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 3 by Milman, Henry Hart
Fifteen hundred years ago, in south-eastern Europe, men who held the Homoousian opinion of the Trinity were gathered in arms against the Homoiousians.
From Human Nature in Politics Third Edition by Wallas, Graham
The ignominious capitulation was rejected with disdain and abhorrence; and the Homoousian standard, which had been shaken but not overthrown, was more firmly replanted in all the churches of the West.
From History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 2 by Milman, Henry Hart
This prudent and even pious measure was represented as a wicked profanation by the whole party which adhered to the Homoousian doctrine.
From History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 2 by Milman, Henry Hart
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