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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A member of the Homoiousian party led by the fourth-century AD Bishop Basil of Ancyra.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Pertaining to Semi-Arianism.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Eccl. Hist.) A member of a branch of the Arians which did not acknowledge the Son to be consubstantial with the Father, that is, of the same substance, but admitted him to be of a like substance with the Father, not by nature, but by a peculiar privilege.
- adjective Of or pertaining to Semi-Arianism.
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Examples
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Origen himself, whose unadvised speculations were charged with the guilt of Arianism, and who employed terms like "the second God," concerning the Logos, which were never adopted by the Church -- this very Origen taught the eternal Sonship of the Word, and was not a Semi-Arian
Who is Origen? Fred 2008
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Some time after this memorable event, a difference happened between our saint and Acacius, archbishop of Cæsarea, first a warm Semi-Arian, afterwards a thorough Arian.
The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March Alban Butler
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Semi-Arian faction, this gave rise to the calumny that St. Cyril himself had espoused it.
The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March Alban Butler
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Arian (or properly Semi-Arian) bishop Eusebius of Nicomedia, whom he had shortly before recalled from exile together with Arius!
The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No 2, August, 1864 Devoted to Literature and National Policy Various
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For Acacius himself was at that time a Semi-Arian, and in 341, in the council of Antioch, affirmed Christ to be like, though not equal to his Father.
The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March Alban Butler
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By coming forward as advocates of temporizing methods they had inspired the Eusebian or Semi-Arian party with the idea of throwing over A tius and his Anomoeans.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 1: Aachen-Assize 1840-1916 1913
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The first critical stage of events was soon marked by the re-adoption of the Semi-Arian Creed of Antioch, known popularly as the "Creed of the Encaenia", or "Creed of the Dedication" (he en tois egkainiois) which was a negatively unsatisfactory profession of faith -- the only distinct character about it being that it was Anti-Nicene in scope and had been framed by men who had deliberately confirmed the deposition of St. Athanasius.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 1: Aachen-Assize 1840-1916 1913
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At the accession of the Emperor Jovian (363) a council was held in Antioch, at which the bishops agreed to the Nicene faith, though they added at the end a Semi-Arian declaration.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 1: Aachen-Assize 1840-1916 1913
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Against this the Semi-Arian bishops, assembled at Ancyra, the episcopal city of their leader Basilius, issued a counter formula, asserting that the Son is in all things like the Father, afterwards approved by the Third Synod of Sirmium
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 13: Revelation-Stock 1840-1916 1913
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In the symbol of faith adopted by this council the Semi-Arian views found expression; at the same time it was directed against the
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 1: Aachen-Assize 1840-1916 1913
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