Definitions for homoiousian
ˌhoʊ mɔɪˈu si ən, -ˈaʊ-ho·moiou·sian

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1. homoiousianadjective

   having a similar but not identical essence, especially with reference to the first and second persons of the Trinity

2. Etymology: homoeusius, from Greek, from ‘like, similar’ + ‘essence’.

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1. Homoiousian

   Homoiousios (Greek: ὁμοιούσιος from ὅμοιος, hómoios, "similar" and οὐσία, ousía, "essence, being") is a Christian theological term, coined in the 4th century by a distinctive group of Christian theologians who held the belief that God the Son was of a similar, but not identical, essence (or substance) with God the Father. Homoiousianism arose as an attempt to reconcile two opposite teachings, homoousianism and homoianism. Following Trinitarian doctrines of the First Council of Nicaea (325), homoousians believed that God the Son was of the same (ὁμός, homós, "same") essence with God the Father. On the other hand, homoians refused to use the term οὐσία (ousía, "essence"), believing that God the Father is "incomparable" and therefore the Son of God can not be described in any sense as "equal" or "same" but only as "like" or "similar" (ὅμοιος, hómoios) to the Father, in some subordinate sense of the term. In order to find a theological solution that would reconcile those opposite teachings, homoiousians tried to compromise between the essence-language of homoousians and the notion of similarity, held by homoians. Their attempt failed, and by the First Council of Constantinople (381) homoiousianism was already marginalized. Proponents of this view included Eustathius of Sebaste and George of Laodicea.: 580, 668 

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1. Homoiousiannoun

   one of the semi-Arians of the 4th century, who held that the Son was of like, but not the same, essence or substance with the Father; -- opposed to homoousian

2. Homoiousianadjective

   of or pertaining to Homoiousians, or their belief

3. Etymology: [Gr. , , of like substance; "o`moios + o'ysi`a the substance, being, essence.]

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1. Homoiousian

   Homoiousianism was a 4th-century AD movement which arose in the early period of the Christian religion out of a wing of Arianism. It was an attempt to reconcile the seemingly irreconcilable views of the pro-Nicene homoousians, who believed that God the Father and Jesus his son were identical in substance, with the "neo-Arian" position that God the Father is "incomparable" and therefore the Son of God can not be described in any sense as "equal in substance or attributes" but only "like" the Father in some suborbinate sense of the term. Homoiousia is the theological doctrine that Jesus the Son of God and God the Father are of similar but not the same substance, a position held by the Semi-Arians in the 4th century. It contrasts with the homoousia of orthodox Trinitarianism and the heteroousia of Arianism.

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1. Homoiousian

   hō-moi-ōō′si-an, adj. similar in essence (as distinct from the Nicene homo-ousion and the strictly Arian hetero-ousion), the semi-Arian position in the great Christological controversy of the 4th century (see Arian). [Gr. homoios, like, ousia, being—einai, to be.]

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1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of homoiousian in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of homoiousian in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

References

1. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Homoiousian
2. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homoiousian
3. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/homoiousian
4. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=homoiousian
5. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=homoiousian