Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An adherent of the Christian doctrine, formulated in the fourth century AD, that Jesus the Son and God the Father are of similar but not of the same substance.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having a similar nature.
- [capitalized] Relating to the Homoiousians or their belief.
- noun [capitalized] One of the Semi-Arians, followers of Eusebius, who maintained that the nature of Christ is similar to, but not the same with, that of the Father: opposed to Homoöusian.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Of or pertaining to Homoiousians, or their belief.
- noun (Eccl. Hist.) One of the semi-Arians of the 4th century, who held that the Son was of like, but not the same, essence or substance with the Father; -- opposed to
homoousian .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Homoiousian, an Homoian, or a Neo-Nicene, seeking always to remain outside any inflexible classification.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman 1840-1916 1913
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Arian and Athanasian chiefly, -- to damn to eternal perdition (and temporal excommunication when possible) the vile heretics of the other: Homoiousian to thunder against Homoousian, Homoousian against Homoiousian: _Arius contra Athanasium, _ and _Athanasius contra mundum: _ -- till the air of the whole Roman world is thick with the fumes of brimstone and the stench of the Nether Pit.
The Crest-Wave of Evolution A Course of Lectures in History, Given to the Graduates' Class in the Raja-Yoga College, Point Loma, in the College-Year 1918-19 Kenneth Morris 1908
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The Homoiousian party of the East split on the question of the deity of the Holy Spirit.
A Source Book for Ancient Church History Joseph Cullen Ayer 1905
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Cappadocians, Basil, Gregory of Nazianzus, and Gregory of Nyssa, most of whom had at least sympathized with the Homoiousian party.
A Source Book for Ancient Church History Joseph Cullen Ayer 1905
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Hilary was of great importance in the Arian controversy in bringing the Homoiousian party of the East and the Nicene party of the West to an agreement.
A Source Book for Ancient Church History Joseph Cullen Ayer 1905
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That the Homoiousian party meant substantially the same by their term homoiousios as did the Homoousians or the Nicene party, by their term homoousios.
A Source Book for Ancient Church History Joseph Cullen Ayer 1905
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The rival doctrines of the Homoousian and of the Homoiousian, containing metaphysical differences so attenuated that they could hardly be stated, turned bishop against bishop and congregation against congregation.
The Last Galley Impressions and Tales Arthur Conan Doyle 1894
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The rival doctrines of the Homoousian and of the Homoiousian, containing metaphysical differences so attenuated that they could hardly be stated, turned bishop against bishop and congregation against congregation.
The Last of the Legions and Other Tales of Long Ago Arthur Conan Doyle 1894
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Human ill-nature needs but some Homoiousian iota, or even the pretence of one; and will flow copiously through the eye of a needle: thus always must mortals go jargoning and fuming,
The French Revolution Thomas Carlyle 1838
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