homoiousian

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• Finally, the primary opponents of the Homoians during the 350s were a group of bishops led by Basil of Ancyra, known today as the Homoiousians.

  Academic text (2007)

• And the categories that Hilary uses to explain this interpretation, particularly the Father-Son language, come directly from Basil and the Homoiousians.

  Academic text (2007)

• We turn, accordingly, to the Homoiousian context of this work.

  Academic text (2007)

• Hilary can, in fact, work creatively with Homoiousian categories.

  Academic text (2007)

• If so, then he seems to be suggesting that some modalists are using the Homoiousian catchphrase, "like according to ousia," to describe their own belief that the Son is identical to the Father.

  Academic text (2007)

• Although we have no formal record that he signed, the Homoiousian delegates did, under much duress, assent to the revision, despite the fact, as we have seen with Germinius, that the Homoians believed the revision rendered Homoiousian theology no longer orthodox.

  Academic text (2007)

• The Homoiousian perspective emphasizes the similarity of substance between the Son and the Father.

• In the early Church, Homoiousians argued that the Son was of a nature similar to the Father's.

• The council addressed the beliefs of the Homoiousians and their views on the nature of the Son.

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