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Consubstantiality (Homoousios)

One word that anchored the Creed: the Son is of the very same being as the Father

Homoousios affirms that the Son is of the same essence or substance as the Father, fully and equally God. Enshrined in the Nicene Creed and defended by Athanasius, the term was initially controversial because it was not biblical wording, yet it was universally received as orthodox after Nicaea and Constantinople. It safeguards the full divinity of Christ against any teaching that would make the Son a lesser or created being.

How it traveled

  1. John
    Ephesus · 100
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  2. Against Praxeas.
    — · 220
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  3. A Treatise of Novatian Concerning the Trinity.
    Rome · 258
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  4. The Church History of Eusebius
    Caesarea · 339
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  5. Against the Arians. (Orationes contra Arianos IV.)
    Alexandria · 373
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  6. On the Councils of Ariminum and Seleucia. (De Synodis.)
    Alexandria · 373
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  7. Defence of the Nicene Definition. (De Decretis.)
    Alexandria · 373
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  8. Defence of Dionysius. (De Sententia Dionysii.)
    Alexandria · 373
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  9. Letters of Athanasius with Two Ancient Chronicles of His Life
    Alexandria · 373
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  10. On Luke x. 22. (Illud Omnia, &c.)
    Alexandria · 373
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  11. Letter of Eusebius. (Epistola Eusebii.)
    Alexandria · 373
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  12. Synodal Letter to the Bishops of Africa. (Ad Afros Epistola Synodica.)
    Alexandria · 373
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  13. The Letters
    Caesarea (Cappadocia) · 379
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  14. De Spiritu Sancto
    Caesarea (Cappadocia) · 379
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  15. The Second Ecumenical Council: The First Council of Constantinople
    Constantinople (Istanbul) · 381
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  16. The Catechetical Lectures of S. Cyril
    Jerusalem · 386
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  17. Select Orations of Saint Gregory Nazianzen
    Nazianzus · 390
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  18. Against Eunomius
    Nyssa · 395
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  19. Answer to Eunomius' Second Book
    Nyssa · 395
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  20. Exposition of the Christian Faith
    Milan · 397
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  21. On the Holy Spirit
    Milan · 397
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  22. The Homilies of St. John Chrysostom on the Gospel of St. John
    Constantinople (Istanbul) · 407
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  23. The Homilies of St. John Chrysostom
    Constantinople (Istanbul) · 407
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  24. The Homilies of St. John Chrysostom on Philippians, Colossians, and Thessalonians
    Constantinople (Istanbul) · 407
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  25. The Homilies of St. John Chrysostom on the Epistle to the Hebrews
    Constantinople (Istanbul) · 407
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  26. The Commentary and Homilies of St. John Chrysostom on Galatians and Ephesians
    Constantinople (Istanbul) · 407
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  27. Jerome and Gennadius. Lives of Illustrious Men
    Bethlehem · 420
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  28. On the Holy Trinity
    Hippo Regius · 430
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  29. Lectures or Tractates on the Gospel According to St. John
    Hippo Regius · 430
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  30. Sermons on Selected Lessons of the New Testament
    Hippo Regius · 430
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  31. Expositions on the Book of Psalms
    Hippo Regius · 430
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  32. The Ecclesiastical History of Socrates Scholasticus
    Constantinople (Istanbul) · 439
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  33. The Ecclesiastical History of Sozomen
    Constantinople (Istanbul) · 450
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  34. The Ecclesiastical History, Dialogues, and Letters of Theodoret
    Cyrrhus · 458
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  35. The Letters and Sermons of Leo the Great
    Rome · 461
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  36. John of Damascus: Exposition of the Orthodox Faith
    Damascus · 749
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  37. Monologium
    Canterbury · 1109
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  38. Treatise on The Most Holy Trinity (QQ[27-43])
    Paris · 1274
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  39. Treatise on the Incarnation (qq[1]-59)
    Paris · 1274
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  40. Book First. of the Knowledge of God the Creator
    Geneva · 1564
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