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Why was homoousios not mentioned for 20 years after Nicaea?
The Key Word in the Creed
The Nicene Creed of AD 325 says that the Son is homoousios (of the same substance) as the Father. In the traditional account of the Arian Controversy, homoousios is “the key ...
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Was Athanasius a Sabellian?
Purpose
“Athanasius presents himself as the preserver of the one theological tradition that is equivalent with scriptural orthodoxy.” (LA, 107) In contrast, this article argues that Athanasius was a ...
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In the hypostatic union, is Jesus just the name of the man or of the God or of both?
Announced to Joseph, by an angel in a dream, were the following precise words :
And she shall bring forth son and thou shalt call his name Jesus for he shall save his people from their sins [Matthew ...
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Was Athanasius a Sabellian?
No, Athanasius was evidently not a Sabellian. This is demonstrably clear from his own words.
For neither do we hold a Son-Father, as do the Sabellians, calling Him of one but not of the
same essence, ...
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Why was homoousios not mentioned for 20 years after Nicaea?
Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence, but the OP does raise an interesting question. The answer, I suggest, lies in the realm of imperial politics. Constantine's motive in calling the ...
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