Homoiousion Theol.
(hɒmɔɪˈaʊzɪɒn, -ˈaʊsɪɒn, -ˈuː-)
[eccl. Gr. ὁµοιούσιον, neuter form of ὁµοιούσιος: see homoiousian a. and n. and cf. Homoousion n. and a.]
the Homoiousion, the term used to express the doctrine put forward by the Semi-Arians, that the Son is ‘of like substance’ with the Father; the doctrine itself: opposed to the term ὁµοούσιον (see Homoousion n. and a.). The masc. form Homoiousios is also used.
| [1683 W. Cave Ecclesiastici 164 They rejected both the ὁµοούσιον and the ὁµοίουσιον [sic], as Expressions unknown to Scripture.] 1833 J. H. Newman Arians iv. 369 Acacius..proposed a creed in which the Homoousion and Homoiousion, were condemned..and his own Homoion adopted. 1873 W. Bright Orations of St. Athanasius against Arians p. lxvii, The Semi-arians..insisted on their own formula of the ‘Homoiousion’. 1969 A. Richardson Dict. Chr. Theol. 347/2 In their manifesto of 358 they rejected the Homoousios..and proposed the Homoiousios. |