See Also: homoiousian(dictionary)

homoiousian (iou)



homoiousian adjective & noun. Also (esp. as noun) Homoiousian. L17.
[from ecclesiastical Latin homoeusius from Greek homoiousios of like essence, from homoios like, similar + ousia essence, substance: see -IAN. Opp. HETEROOUSIAN and HOMOOUSIAN.]
Christian Church.
A. adjective. Of like but not identical essence or substance (esp. of the first and second persons of the Trinity). Also (Hist.), of or pertaining to the homoiousians. L17.
b. noun. Hist. A person who believed the first and second persons of the Trinity to be of like but not identical essence or substance; a semi-Arian. M18.