consubstantial
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"One in being with the Father" becomes "consubstantial with the Father" in the Nicene creed.
From Time Magazine Archive
Pythagoras taught that God is a number; Xenophanes that it is a sphere, passionless and consubstantial with all things; Parmenides that it is but the confluence of earth and fire.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
But table and non-table, since they are given to our thought together, must be consubstantial.
From The Will to Believe : and Other Essays in Popular Philosophy by William James
He was born about the middle of the 3rd century, and taught that God the Son was not equal to God the Father, being neither consubstantial nor co-eternal with the Father.
From The Church Handy Dictionary by Anonymous
Florentius, the patrician, said: Since the mother is consubstantial with us, doubtless the Son is consubstantial with us.
From A Source Book for Ancient Church History by Joseph Cullen Ayer
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