Homoousian theology

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Homoousian theology is the 4th-century Christian doctrinal position affirming that the Son is of the same substance (homoousios) as the Father, central to the pro-Nicene understanding of the Trinity.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Nicene Christology 4
Homoousian theology canonical 2
Nicene homoousios 2

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian theological doctrine ⓘ
Christological position ⓘ
Trinitarian doctrine ⓘ
acceptedBy Eastern Orthodox Church ⓘ
Oriental Orthodox Churches ⓘ
linked to: Oriental Orthodoxy

Roman Catholic Church ⓘ
linked to: Roman Catholicism

most mainline Protestant churches ⓘ
affirmedByCouncil First Council of Constantinople ⓘ
First Council of Nicaea ⓘ
affirms the Son is of the same substance as the Father ⓘ
basisFor Chalcedonian Christology ⓘ
classical Trinitarian dogma ⓘ
centralTo Nicene orthodoxy ⓘ
linked to: Nicene Christianity

pro-Nicene theology ⓘ
conceptualCategory doctrine of divine consubstantiality ⓘ
contrastsWith the Son as a created being ⓘ
the Son as merely similar in substance to the Father ⓘ
developedInResponseTo 4th-century imperial church politics ⓘ
Arian controversy ⓘ
expressedIn Nicene Creed ⓘ
Niceno-Constantinopolitan Creed ⓘ
linked to: Nicene Creed
hasDoctrinalFocus relationship between God the Father and God the Son ⓘ
historicalContext Trinitarian controversies of the 4th century ⓘ
influencedBy Athanasius of Alexandria ⓘ
Basil of Caesarea ⓘ
Cappadocian Fathers ⓘ
Gregory of Nazianzus ⓘ
Gregory of Nyssa ⓘ
keyFormula the Son is begotten, not made ⓘ
the Son is consubstantial with the Father ⓘ
the Son is true God from true God ⓘ
keyTermMeaning of one essence ⓘ
of the same substance ⓘ
languageOfKeyTerm Greek ⓘ
opposes Arianism ⓘ
homoiousian theology ⓘ
subordinationism ⓘ
relatedConcept consubstantiality ⓘ
hypostasis ⓘ
ousia ⓘ
scripturalAppeal Gospel of John ⓘ
Hebrews ⓘ
Pauline epistles ⓘ
linked to: Pauline Epistles
supports doctrine of the Trinity ⓘ
timePeriod 4th century ⓘ
upholds co-equality of the Son with the Father ⓘ
co-eternity of the Son with the Father ⓘ
full divinity of the Son ⓘ
usesTerm homoousios ⓘ

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Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Alexandrian theology → influenced → Nicene Christology ⓘ
linked to: Homoousian theology
Eusebius of Nicomedia → opposedDoctrine → Nicene homoousios ⓘ
linked to: Homoousian theology
Council of Sirmium → opposedDoctrine → Nicene homoousios formula ⓘ
linked to: Homoousian theology
The Lord of Glory → affirms → Nicene Christology ⓘ
linked to: Homoousian theology
Photinianism → opposedDoctrine → Nicene Christology ⓘ
linked to: Homoousian theology
Apology of Eunomius → opposesDoctrine → Nicene homoousios ⓘ
linked to: Homoousian theology
Alexandrian theological tradition → contributedTo → Nicene Christology ⓘ
subject linked to: Alexandrian
linked to: Homoousian theology
Homoian creed → contrastsWith → Homoousian theology ⓘ