heteroousian, heterousian, a. and n. Theol.
(ˌhɛtərəʊˈaʊsɪən, hɛtəˈraʊsɪən, -ˈuːsɪən)
Also 9 heterusian.
[f. Gr. ἑτεροούσιος, ἑτερούσιος, f. ἑτερο- hetero- + οὐσία essence, substance. Opp. to homoousian and homoiousian.]
A. adj. Of different essence or substance.
| 1678 Cudworth Intell. Syst. i. iv. §36. 612 The Homoousian Trinity of the orthodox went exactly in the middle, betwixt that Monoousian Trinity of Sabellius..and that other Heteroousian Trinity of Arius. 1790 Porson Lett. to Arch. Travis ix. 221 The word one is applied, 1. to things homoüsian..2. to things heteroüsian, where there is a sameness of persons, but a difference of natures. |
B. n. One who held the Father and the Son to be different in essence or substance; an Arian.
| 1874 J. H. Blunt Dict. Sects, Heterousians, a name given to the extreme Arians. |
So heteroˈousiast (heteˈrousiast, heteˈrusiast) = B.; heteroˈousious (heteˈrousious) a. = A.
| 1678 Cudworth Intell. Syst. i. iv. §36. 579 Neither a Trinity of Words only..nor yet a Jumbled Confusion of God and Creature (Things Heterousious) together. 1882–3 Schaff Encycl. Relig. Knowl. I. 33 Aetius..the apostle of a new Church, representing the widest going section of the Arian party..His adherents were called Anomœans, Heterusiasts, or Exukontians. |