hypostasis
hypostases
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pluralof hypostasis.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
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At the Council of Constantinople, 56 years later, church fathers responded to heresy by defining the divinity of the Holy Spirit and proclaiming that the three "persons," or hypostases, were coequal manifestations of one God.
From Time Magazine Archive
So as by reason of the plurality of supposita the Greeks said "three hypostases," so also in Hebrew "Elohim" is in the plural.
From Summa Theologica, Part I (Prima Pars) From the Complete American Edition by Saint Thomas Aquinas
But if it be said that there are several persons or hypostases in Christ, it would follow that there would be, absolutely speaking, several adorations.
From Summa Theologica, Part III (Tertia Pars) From the Complete American Edition by Saint Thomas Aquinas
And since created natures are individualized by matter which is the subject of the specific nature, it follows that individuals are called "subjects," supposita, or "hypostases."
From Summa Theologica, Part I (Prima Pars) From the Complete American Edition by Saint Thomas Aquinas
It had theories on the essence of God, and saw Him in three Persons, or hypostases, one aspect of God as power, another as love, and the other as intelligence.
From Initiation into Philosophy by Émile Faguet
