consubstantial
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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; see origin at con-, substantial
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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 denied having said it, but, at any rate, the general feeling of his followers was that Christ's physical nature was divine and therefore not consubstantial with ours.
From Monophysitism Past and Present A Study in Christology by Luce, A. A. (Arthur Aston)
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
The very diversity in taste proves its deep-down reality: preference and antipathy being consubstantial with the soul—nay, inherent in the very mechanism and chemistry of the body.
From Hortus Vitae Essays on the Gardening of Life by Lee, Vernon
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