Homoousion, the Glossary
Homoousion (lit, from,, and,, or) is a Christian theological term, most notably used in the Nicene Creed for describing Jesus (God the Son) as "same in being" or "same in essence" with God the Father (ὁμοούσιον τῷ Πατρί).[1]
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74 relations: Acacians, Accusative case, Aeon (Gnosticism), Anglican Communion, Anomoeanism, Arianism, Aristotelianism, Arius, Athanasian Creed, Athanasius of Alexandria, Basilides, Bible, Book of Common Prayer, Catholic Church, Christian theology, Christology, Church of the East, Constantine the Great, Consubstantiality, Didymus the Blind, Eastern Christianity, Eastern Orthodox Church, Emanationism, Essence, Eusebius, Evangelicalism, First Council of Constantinople, First Council of Nicaea, First Synod of Tyre, Gnosticism, God, God in Christianity, God the Father, God the Son, Gospel, Heresiology, Holy Spirit, Holy Spirit in Christianity, Homoiousian, Hypostasis (philosophy and religion), Hypostatic union, Ilaria Ramelli, Jesus, Jesus in Christianity, John 17, Latin, Logos (Christianity), Lutheranism, Mainline Protestant, Matthew 11, ... Expand index (24 more) »
Acacians
The Acacians, or perhaps better described as the Homoians (from gr. hómoios) or Homoeans, were a non-Nicene branch of Christianity that dominated the church during much of the fourth-century Arian Controversy. Homoousion and Acacians are Christian terminology and nature of Jesus Christ.
Accusative case
In grammar, the accusative case (abbreviated) of a noun is the grammatical case used to receive the direct object of a transitive verb.
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Aeon (Gnosticism)
In many Gnostic systems, various emanations of God are known by such names as One, Monad, Aion teleos (αἰών τέλεος "The Broadest Aeon"), Bythos (βυθός, "depth" or "profundity"), Arkhe (ἀρχή, "the beginning"), Proarkhe (προαρχή, "before the beginning") and as Aeons (which are also often named and may be paired or grouped).
See Homoousion and Aeon (Gnosticism)
Anglican Communion
The Anglican Communion is the third largest Christian communion after the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches.
See Homoousion and Anglican Communion
Anomoeanism
In 4th-century Christianity, the Anomoeans, and known also as Heterousians, Aetians, or Eunomians, were a sect that held to a form of Arianism, that Jesus Christ was not of the same nature (consubstantial) as God the Father nor was of like nature (homoiousian), as maintained by the semi-Arians. Homoousion and Anomoeanism are Christian terminology, nature of Jesus Christ and Trinitarianism.
See Homoousion and Anomoeanism
Arianism
Arianism (Ἀρειανισμός) is a Christological doctrine considered heretical by all modern mainstream branches of Christianity. Homoousion and Arianism are Christian terminology and nature of Jesus Christ.
Aristotelianism
Aristotelianism is a philosophical tradition inspired by the work of Aristotle, usually characterized by deductive logic and an analytic inductive method in the study of natural philosophy and metaphysics.
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Arius
Arius (Ἄρειος, Áreios; 250 or 256 – 336) was a Cyrenaic presbyter, ascetic, and priest. Homoousion and Arius are nature of Jesus Christ.
Athanasian Creed
The Athanasian Creed — also called the Pseudo-Athanasian Creed or Quicunque Vult (or Quicumque Vult), which is both its Latin name and its opening words, meaning "Whosoever wishes" — is a Christian statement of belief focused on Trinitarian doctrine and Christology. Homoousion and Athanasian Creed are Christian terminology, nature of Jesus Christ and Trinitarianism.
See Homoousion and Athanasian Creed
Athanasius of Alexandria
Athanasius I of Alexandria (– 2 May 373), also called Athanasius the Great, Athanasius the Confessor, or, among Coptic Christians, Athanasius the Apostolic, was a Christian theologian and the 20th patriarch of Alexandria (as Athanasius I). Homoousion and Athanasius of Alexandria are nature of Jesus Christ.
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Basilides
Basilides (Greek: Βασιλείδης) was an early Christian Gnostic religious teacher in Alexandria, Egypt who taught from 117 to 138 AD, notes that to prove that the heretical sects were "later than the catholic Church," Clement of Alexandria assigns Christ's own teaching to the reigns of Augustus and Tiberius; that of the apostles, of at least, ends, he says, in the time of Nero; whereas "the authors of the sects arose later, about the times of the emperor Hadrian, and continued quite as late as the age of the elder Antoninus." He gives as examples Basilides, Valentinus, and (if the text is sound) Marcion.
Bible
The Bible (from Koine Greek τὰ βιβλία,, 'the books') is a collection of religious texts or scriptures, some, all, or a variant of which are held to be sacred in Christianity, Judaism, Samaritanism, Islam, the Baha'i Faith, and other Abrahamic religions.
Book of Common Prayer
The Book of Common Prayer (BCP) is the name given to a number of related prayer books used in the Anglican Communion and by other Christian churches historically related to Anglicanism.
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Catholic Church
The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.28 to 1.39 billion baptized Catholics worldwide as of 2024.
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Christian theology
Christian theology is the theology – the systematic study of the divine and religion – of Christian belief and practice.
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Christology
In Christianity, Christology is a branch of theology that concerns Jesus. Homoousion and Christology are Christian terminology.
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Church of the East
The Church of the East (''ʿĒḏtā d-Maḏenḥā''.) or the East Syriac Church, also called the Church of Seleucia-Ctesiphon, the Persian Church, the Assyrian Church, the Babylonian Church or the Nestorian Church, is one of three major branches of Nicene Eastern Christianity that arose from the Christological controversies of the 5th and 6th centuries, alongside the Miaphisite churches (which came to be known as the Oriental Orthodox Churches) and the Chalcedonian Church (whose Eastern branch would later become the Eastern Orthodox Church).
See Homoousion and Church of the East
Constantine the Great
Constantine I (27 February 22 May 337), also known as Constantine the Great, was a Roman emperor from AD 306 to 337 and the first Roman emperor to convert to Christianity.
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Consubstantiality
Consubstantiality, a term derived from consubstantialitas., denotes identity of substance or essence in spite of difference in aspect. Homoousion and consubstantiality are Christian terminology, nature of Jesus Christ and Trinitarianism.
See Homoousion and Consubstantiality
Didymus the Blind
Didymus the Blind (alternatively spelled Dedimus or Didymous) (398) was a Christian theologian in the Church of Alexandria, where he taught for about half a century.
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Eastern Christianity
Eastern Christianity comprises Christian traditions and church families that originally developed during classical and late antiquity in the Eastern Mediterranean region or locations further east, south or north. Homoousion and Eastern Christianity are Christian terminology.
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Eastern Orthodox Church
The Eastern Orthodox Church, officially the Orthodox Catholic Church, and also called the Greek Orthodox Church or simply the Orthodox Church, is the second-largest Christian church, with approximately 230 million baptised members.
See Homoousion and Eastern Orthodox Church
Emanationism
Emanationism is an idea in the cosmology or cosmogony of certain religious or philosophical systems.
See Homoousion and Emanationism
Essence
Essence (essentia) has various meanings and uses for different thinkers and in different contexts.
Eusebius
Eusebius of Caesarea (Εὐσέβιος τῆς Καισαρείας; 260/265 – 30 May 339), also known as Eusebius Pamphilus (from the Εὐσέβιος τοῦ Παμφίλου), was a Greek Syro-Palestinian historian of Christianity, exegete, and Christian polemicist.
Evangelicalism
Evangelicalism, also called evangelical Christianity or evangelical Protestantism, is a worldwide interdenominational movement within Protestant Christianity that emphasizes the centrality of sharing the "good news" of Christianity, being "born again" in which an individual experiences personal conversion, as authoritatively guided by the Bible, God's revelation to humanity. Homoousion and Evangelicalism are Christian terminology.
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First Council of Constantinople
The First Council of Constantinople (Concilium Constantinopolitanum; Σύνοδος τῆς Κωνσταντινουπόλεως) was a council of Christian bishops convened in Constantinople (now Istanbul, Turkey) in AD 381 by the Roman Emperor Theodosius I. Homoousion and First Council of Constantinople are Trinitarianism.
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First Council of Nicaea
The First Council of Nicaea (Sýnodos tês Nikaías) was a council of Christian bishops convened in the Bithynian city of Nicaea (now İznik, Turkey) by the Roman Emperor Constantine I. The Council of Nicaea met from May until the end of July 325. Homoousion and First Council of Nicaea are nature of Jesus Christ and Trinitarianism.
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First Synod of Tyre
Athanasius was elected bishop or Patriarch of Alexandria in 328.
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Gnosticism
Gnosticism (from Ancient Greek:, romanized: gnōstikós, Koine Greek: ɣnostiˈkos, 'having knowledge') is a collection of religious ideas and systems that coalesced in the late 1st century AD among Jewish and early Christian sects.
God
In monotheistic belief systems, God is usually viewed as the supreme being, creator, and principal object of faith.
God in Christianity
In Christianity, God is the eternal, supreme being who created and preserves all things.
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God the Father
God the Father is a title given to God in Christianity. Homoousion and God the Father are Trinitarianism.
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God the Son
God the Son (Θεὸς ὁ υἱός, Deus Filius; האל הבן) is the second Person of the Trinity in Christian theology. Homoousion and God the Son are Christian terminology and nature of Jesus Christ.
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Gospel
Gospel (εὐαγγέλιον; evangelium) originally meant the Christian message ("the gospel"), but in the 2nd century it came to be used also for the books in which the message was reported. Homoousion and gospel are Christian terminology.
Heresiology
In theology or the history of religion, heresiology is the study of heresy, and heresiographies are writings about the topic. Homoousion and heresiology are Christian terminology.
See Homoousion and Heresiology
Holy Spirit
In Judaism, the Holy Spirit, otherwise known as the Holy Ghost, is the divine force, quality and influence of God over the universe or his creatures.
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Holy Spirit in Christianity
For the majority of Christian denominations, the Holy Spirit, or Holy Ghost, is believed to be the third Person of the Trinity, a triune God manifested as God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit, each being God. Homoousion and Holy Spirit in Christianity are Christian terminology.
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Homoiousian
Homoiousios (ὁμοιούσιος from ὅμοιος, hómoios, "similar" and οὐσία, ousía, "essence, being") is a Christian theological term, coined in the 4th century to identify a distinct group of Christian theologians who held the belief that God the Son was of a similar, but not identical, essence (or substance) with God the Father. Homoousion and Homoiousian are Christian terminology, nature of Jesus Christ and Trinitarianism.
See Homoousion and Homoiousian
Hypostasis (philosophy and religion)
Hypostasis (plural: hypostases), from the Greek italic (hypóstasis), is the underlying, fundamental state or substance that supports all of reality. Homoousion and Hypostasis (philosophy and religion) are Christian terminology, nature of Jesus Christ and Trinitarianism.
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Hypostatic union
Hypostatic union (from the Greek: ὑπόστασις hypóstasis, 'person, subsistence') is a technical term in Christian theology employed in mainstream Christology to describe the union of Christ's humanity and divinity in one hypostasis, or individual personhood. Homoousion and Hypostatic union are Christian terminology and nature of Jesus Christ.
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Ilaria Ramelli
Ilaria L. E. Ramelli (born 1973) is an Italian-born historian, academic author, and university professor who specializes in ancient, late antique, and early mediaeval philosophy and theology.
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Jesus
Jesus (AD 30 or 33), also referred to as Jesus Christ, Jesus of Nazareth, and many other names and titles, was a first-century Jewish preacher and religious leader.
Jesus in Christianity
In Christianity, Jesus is the Son of God as chronicled in the Bible's New Testament, and in most Christian denominations He is held to be God the Son, a prosopon (Person) of the Trinity of God.
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John 17
John 17 is the seventeenth chapter of the Gospel of John in the New Testament of the Christian Bible.
Latin
Latin (lingua Latina,, or Latinum) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages.
Logos (Christianity)
In Christianity, the Logos (lit) is a name or title of Jesus Christ, seen as the pre-existent second person of the Trinity. Homoousion and Logos (Christianity) are Christian terminology.
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Lutheranism
Lutheranism is a major branch of Protestantism that identifies primarily with the theology of Martin Luther, the 16th-century German monk and reformer whose efforts to reform the theology and practices of the Catholic Church ended the Middle Ages and, in 1517, launched the Reformation. Homoousion and Lutheranism are Christian terminology.
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Mainline Protestant
The mainline Protestant churches (sometimes also known as oldline Protestants) are a group of Protestant denominations in the United States and Canada largely of the theologically liberal or theologically progressive persuasion that contrast in history and practice with the largely theologically conservative Evangelical, Fundamentalist, Charismatic, Confessional, Confessing Movement, historically Black church, and Global South Protestant denominations and congregations. Homoousion and mainline Protestant are Christian terminology.
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Matthew 11
Matthew 11 is the eleventh chapter in the Gospel of Matthew in the New Testament section of the Christian Bible.
Moravian Church
The Moravian Church, or the Moravian Brethren (Moravská církev or Moravští bratři), formally the Unitas Fratrum (Latin: "Unity of the Brethren"), is one of the oldest Protestant denominations in Christianity, dating back to the Bohemian Reformation of the 15th century and the Unity of the Brethren (Jednota bratrská) founded in the Kingdom of Bohemia, sixty years before Martin Luther's Reformation.
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Nicene Christianity
Nicene Christianity includes those Christian denominations that adhere to the teaching of the Nicene Creed, which was formulated at the First Council of Nicaea in AD 325 and amended at the First Council of Constantinople in AD 381. Homoousion and Nicene Christianity are Christian terminology and Trinitarianism.
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Nicene Creed
The Nicene Creed (Sýmvolon tis Nikéas), also called the Creed of Constantinople, is the defining statement of belief of mainstream Christianity and in those Christian denominations that adhere to it. Homoousion and Nicene Creed are Christian terminology, nature of Jesus Christ and Trinitarianism.
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Nontrinitarianism
Nontrinitarianism is a form of Christianity that rejects the mainstream Christian theology of the Trinity—the belief that God is three distinct hypostases or persons who are coeternal, coequal, and indivisibly united in one being, or essence (from the Ancient Greek). Certain religious groups that emerged during the Protestant Reformation have historically been known as antitrinitarian. Homoousion and Nontrinitarianism are Christian terminology.
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Ontology
Ontology is the philosophical study of being.
Oriental Orthodox Churches
The Oriental Orthodox Churches are Eastern Christian churches adhering to Miaphysite Christology, with approximately 50 million members worldwide.
See Homoousion and Oriental Orthodox Churches
Origen
Origen of Alexandria (185 – 253), also known as Origen Adamantius, was an early Christian scholar, ascetic, and theologian who was born and spent the first half of his career in Alexandria.
Ousia
Ousia (οὐσία) is a philosophical and theological term, originally used in ancient Greek philosophy, then later in Christian theology. Homoousion and Ousia are Christian terminology, nature of Jesus Christ and Trinitarianism.
Pamphilus of Caesarea
Saint Pamphilus (Πάμφιλος; latter half of the 3rd century – February 16, 309 AD), was a presbyter of Caesarea and chief among the biblical scholars of his generation.
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Participle
In linguistics, a participle (abbr.) is a nonfinite verb form that has some of the characteristics and functions of both verbs and adjectives.
Patrologia Graeca
The Patrologia Graeca (PG, or Patrologiae Cursus Completus, Series Graeca) is an edited collection of writings by the Church Fathers and various secular writers, in the Greek language.
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Ptolemy (Gnostic)
Ptolemy the Gnostic, (Greek: Πτολεμαίος ο Γνωστικός Latin: Ptolemaeus Gnosticus) was a disciple of the Gnostic teacher Valentinius and is known for the Letter to Flora, an epistle he wrote to a wealthy woman named Flora, herself not a Gnostic.
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Reformed Christianity
Reformed Christianity, also called Calvinism, is a major branch of Protestantism that began during the sixteenth-century Protestant Reformation, a schism in the Western Church. Homoousion and Reformed Christianity are Trinitarianism.
See Homoousion and Reformed Christianity
Roman emperor
The Roman emperor was the ruler and monarchical head of state of the Roman Empire, starting with the granting of the title augustus to Octavian in 27 BC.
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Sabellianism
In Christian theology, Sabellianism is the belief that there is only one Person ('hypostasis' in the Greek language of the fourth century Arian Controversy) in the Godhead. Homoousion and Sabellianism are Christian terminology and nature of Jesus Christ.
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Sabellius
Sabellius (fl. ca. 215) was a third-century priest and theologian who most likely taught in Rome, but may have been a North African from Libya.
Semi-Arianism
Semi-Arianism was a position regarding the relationship between God the Father and the Son of God, adopted by some 4th-century Christians. Homoousion and Semi-Arianism are Christian terminology and nature of Jesus Christ.
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Subordinationism
Subordinationism is a Trinitarian doctrine wherein the Son (and sometimes also the Holy Spirit) is subordinate to the Father, not only in submission and role, but with actual ontological subordination to varying degrees. Homoousion and Subordinationism are Christian terminology and nature of Jesus Christ.
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Substance theory
Substance theory, or substance–attribute theory, is an ontological theory positing that objects are constituted each by a substance and properties borne by the substance but distinct from it.
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Theodosius I
Theodosius I (Θεοδόσιος; 11 January 347 – 17 January 395), also called Theodosius the Great, was a Roman emperor from 379 to 395.
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Transcendence (religion)
In religion, transcendence is the aspect of existence that is completely independent of the material universe, beyond all known physical laws.
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Trinity
The Christian doctrine of the Trinity (from 'threefold') is the central doctrine concerning the nature of God in most Christian churches, which defines one God existing in three,, consubstantial divine persons: God the Father, God the Son (Jesus Christ) and God the Holy Spirit, three distinct persons (hypostases) sharing one essence/substance/nature (homoousion). Homoousion and Trinity are Christian terminology and Trinitarianism.
Valentinianism
Valentinianism was one of the major Gnostic Christian movements. Homoousion and Valentinianism are Christian terminology.
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Western Christianity
Western Christianity is one of two subdivisions of Christianity (Eastern Christianity being the other). Homoousion and Western Christianity are Christian terminology.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homoousion
Also known as Athanasianism, Homoosias, Homoousia, Homoousian, Homoousianism, Homoousians, Homoousias, Homoousionism, Homoousios, Homoousious, Homoousis, Homoousius, .
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