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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.

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The Council decided, in the year 325, that Christ was consubstantial with the Father.

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In making of Christ the Second Person of the Eternal Trinity, the Son of the Father, consubstantial and equal, it removes Him from history and transports Him into metaphysics.

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They added to the tenets and symbols the words consubstantial with the Father; and concluded by anathematising the Arians.

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The text that was ultimately approved, and put into effect Sunday, is more complicated and formal, using words like “consubstantial” and “oblation.”

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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