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

Born of the Father before all ages, God of God, Light of Light, true God of true God, begotten not made, consubstantial with the Father .

From Saint Athanasius The Father of Orthodoxy by Forbes, F. A. (Frances Alice)

Certain persons, who confessed God the Son consubstantial to the Father, denied the divinity of the Holy Ghost.

From The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March by Butler, Alban

For the truth is that our affirmations and negations do not stand on the same footing at all, and are anything but consubstantial.

From The Will to Believe : and Other Essays in Popular Philosophy by James, William