(homousion) (Greek, of one substance) Term used by Augustine to express the identity of the substance of the members of the Trinity; the principal doctrine affirmed in the Athanasian creed, drawn up to confute the Arian heresy. Not to be confounded with homoiousion.
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- Arian heresy (philosophy)
- First Council of Nicaea (Christianity, ancient Rome)
- atonement (philosophy)
- Saint Athanasius (Egyptian theologian)
- 4th Century A.D. (chronology)
- Acacius of Caesarea
- Council of Sirmium
- Acacians
- Cappadocian Fathers
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