consubstantial
Americanadjective
adjective
Other Word Forms
- consubstantialism noun
- consubstantialist noun
- consubstantiality noun
- consubstantially adverb
Etymology
Origin of consubstantial
First recorded in 1450–1500; late Middle English, from Late Latin consubstantiālis, equivalent to con- prefix + substanti(a) “existence, corporeal existence” + -ālis adjective suffix; con-, substantial
Vocabulary lists containing consubstantial
Example Sentences
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"One in being with the Father" becomes "consubstantial with the Father" in the Nicene creed.
From Time Magazine Archive
Pythagoras taught that God is a number; Xenophanes that it is a sphere, passionless and consubstantial with all things; Parmenides that it is but the confluence of earth and fire.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
Born of the Father before all ages, God of God, Light of Light, true God of true God, begotten not made, consubstantial with the Father .
From Saint Athanasius The Father of Orthodoxy by Forbes, F. A. (Frances Alice)
The content of each is wholly immanent, and there are no transitions with which they are consubstantial and through which their beings may unite.
From Essays in Radical Empiricism by James, William
Thence came Macedonius, who denied the Godhead of the Holy Spirit, consubstantial with the Father and the Son.
From The Formation of Christendom, Volume VI The Holy See and the Wandering of the Nations, from St. Leo I to St. Gregory I by Allies, T. W. (Thomas William)
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