Homoiousian theology

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Homoiousian theology was a 4th-century Christian Trinitarian position that taught the Son was of a similar, but not identical, substance to the Father, standing between Arianism and Nicene orthodoxy.

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Homoiousian theology canonical 1
Homoiousianism 1

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instanceOf 4th-century Christian doctrine ⓘ
Christian theological position ⓘ
Trinitarian doctrine ⓘ
accepts similarity of essence between Father and Son ⓘ
associatedWith Semi-Arianism ⓘ
category Christological positions ⓘ
Trinitarian controversies ⓘ
concernsDoctrineOf Christology ⓘ
Trinity ⓘ
contrastsWith homoousian theology ⓘ
controversialPoint rejection of the Nicene term homoousios ⓘ
debatedAt various 4th-century synods ⓘ
denies the Son is of identical substance with the Father ⓘ
developedInContextOf Arian controversy ⓘ
Trinitarian debates ⓘ
differsFrom Nicene orthodoxy ⓘ
linked to: Nicene Christianity
geographicalCenter Eastern Roman Empire ⓘ
linked to: Byzantine Empire
historicalOutcome superseded by Nicene-Constantinopolitan orthodoxy ⓘ
historicalRole mediating position in 4th-century Trinitarian debates ⓘ
historicalStatus eventually marginalized after Council of Constantinople (381) ⓘ
influencedBy Origenist subordinationist traditions ⓘ
keyTerm homoiousios ⓘ
keyTermMeaning of similar substance ⓘ
languageOfKeyTerm Greek ⓘ
mainConcept the Son is of similar substance to the Father ⓘ
opposes Arianism ⓘ
positionBetween Arianism ⓘ
Nicene orthodoxy ⓘ
linked to: Nicene Christianity
rejects full consubstantiality as defined at Nicaea ⓘ
relatedConcept anomoianism ⓘ
homoianism ⓘ
homoousios ⓘ
religiousTradition Christianity ⓘ
scripturalAppeal emphasizes biblical language over philosophical terminology ⓘ
timePeriod 4th century ⓘ
usesFormula the Son is like the Father according to the Scriptures ⓘ
viewOnEssence Father and Son share similar but not numerically identical essence ⓘ
viewOnFather the Father is the source and cause of the Son ⓘ
viewOnSon the Son is like the Father in substance ⓘ
the Son is subordinate to the Father in some sense ⓘ

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Semi-Arianism → relatedTo → Homoiousianism ⓘ
linked to: Homoiousian theology