homoiousian
pronunciation
How to pronounce homoiousian in British English:
UK [ˌhəʊmɔɪ'u:sɪən]
How to pronounce homoiousian in American English:
US [ˌhoʊmɔɪ'usɪrn]
Word Origin
- homoiousian (n.)
- 1680s, from Greek homoiousios "of the same essence," from homos "one and the same" (see homo- (1)) + ousia "essence" (see Parousia).
Example
- 1. It wasn 't that they really cared about the conceptual difference between the claim that jesus and the father were homoousian ( same in essence ) and the claim that the two were homoiousian ( same in substance ) ; they cared about whether the homoousians or the homoiousians were going to run the church .