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
He subscribed the Nicene Creed, apparently with some reservations, as to the word consubstantial.
From Frauds and Follies of the Fathers A Review of the Worth of their Testimony to the Four Gospels by Wheeler, Joseph Mazzini
That Goth or Vandal, very likely, is in the act of possessing Rome, of making its wonder and glory his own, consubstantial to his soul; Rome is his for the moment.
From Limbo and Other Essays To which is now added Ariadne in Mantua by Lee, Vernon
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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