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
But table and non-table, since they are given to our thought together, must be consubstantial.
From The Will to Believe : and Other Essays in Popular Philosophy by William James
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 A. A. (Arthur Aston) Luce
And the Son, consubstantial with the Father, replied: "We shall triumph under the sign that gave Constantine the victory."
From Anatole France The Revolt of the Angels by Anatole France
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