hypostases
- plural of hypostasis.
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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 we say, "Three persons," they say "Three hypostases."
From Summa Theologica, Part I (Prima Pars) From the Complete American Edition by Thomas, Aquinas, Saint
It is therefore better to say that the persons or hypostases are distinguished rather by relations than by origin.
From Summa Theologica, Part I (Prima Pars) From the Complete American Edition by Thomas, Aquinas, Saint
This contemplation has several degrees, so to speak, of intensity, degrees which Plotinus termed hypostases.
From Initiation into Philosophy by Faguet, Émile
A distinction, however, is needed if we suppose that the relations distinguish and constitute the divine hypostases.
From Summa Theologica, Part I (Prima Pars) From the Complete American Edition by Thomas, Aquinas, Saint
