Homoousion

a defence against this tampering with the truth, the Church has adopted the term Homoousion (S: S: 4-7); Hilary explains and defends its use.

NPNF2-09. Hilary of Poitiers, John of Damascus 1898

The authority of a general council, to which the Arians themselves had been compelled to submit, inscribed on the banners of the orthodox party the mysterious characters of the word Homoousion, which essentially contributed, notwithstanding some obscure disputes, some nocturnal combats, to maintain and perpetuate the uniformity of faith, or at least of language.

History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 2 Edward Gibbon 1765

The authority of a general council, to which the Arians themselves had been compelled to submit, inscribed on the banners of the orthodox party the mysterious characters of the word Homoousion, which essentially contributed, notwithstanding some obscure disputes, some nocturnal combats, to maintain and perpetuate the uniformity of faith, or at least of language.

History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 2 Edward Gibbon 1765

The Homoousion is rejected, and received, and explained away by successive synods.

The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 1206

Liberius signed a Sirmian formula, it was the harmless one of 351; if he condemned the "Homoousion", it was only in the sense in which it had been condemned at Antioch; he makes him accept the Dedication

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 9: Laprade-Mass Liturgy 1840-1916 1913

"Homoousion"; he is induced to sign a combination of three formulæ: that of the Catholic Council of Antioch of 267 against Paul of

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 9: Laprade-Mass Liturgy 1840-1916 1913

Trinity was at stake, and Homoousion proved itself to be in the words of Epiphanius "the bond of faith", or, according to the expression of

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 7: Gregory XII-Infallability 1840-1916 1913

(See ARIANISM) Homoousion was indeed used by philosophical writers to signify "of the same or similar substance"; but as the unity of the Divine nature wasn't questioned, the word carried the fuller meaning: "of one and the same substance".

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 7: Gregory XII-Infallability 1840-1916 1913

Council of Nicaea, Tertullian had already used the Latin equivalent of Homoousion, conceding to Praxeas the Sabellian that the Father and the Son were unius substantiae, of one substance, but adding duarum personarum, of two persons (Adv. Prax., xiii).

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 7: Gregory XII-Infallability 1840-1916 1913

Homoousion of the Son and with regard to the Spirit had already added the words: "We believe in the Holy Ghost" without any qualification.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss 1840-1916 1913