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Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Consubstantialitynoun

    Existence of more than one, in the same substance.

    Etymology: from consubstantial.

    The eternity of the Son’s generation, and his co-eternity and consubstantiality with the Father, when he came down from heaven. Henry Hammond, on Fundamentals.

Wikipedia

  1. Consubstantiality

    Consubstantiality, a term derived from Latin: consubstantialitas, denotes identity of substance or essence in spite of difference in aspect.It appears most commonly in its adjectival form, "consubstantial", from Latin consubstantialis, and its best-known use is in regard to an account, in Christian theology, of the relation between Jesus Christ and God the Father.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Consubstantialitynoun

    participation of the same nature; coexistence in the same substance

  2. Etymology: [Cf. F. consubstantialit.]

Wikidata

  1. Consubstantiality

    Consubstantial is an adjective used in Latin Christian christology, coined by Tertullian in Against Hermogenes 44, used to translate the Greek term homoousios. "Consubstantial" describes the relationship among the Divine persons of the Christian Trinity and connotes that God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit are "of one being" in that the Son is "generated" "before all ages" or "eternally" of the Father's own being, from which the Spirit also eternally "proceeds."

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of consubstantiality in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of consubstantiality in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

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