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

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

From Religion In The Heavens Or, Mythology Unveiled in a Series of Lectures by Mitchell, Logan

Florentius, the patrician, said: Since the mother is consubstantial with us, doubtless the Son is consubstantial with us.

From A Source Book for Ancient Church History by Ayer, Joseph Cullen

Thence came Macedonius, who denied the Godhead of the Holy Spirit, consubstantial with the Father and the Son.

From The Formation of Christendom, Volume VI The Holy See and the Wandering of the Nations, from St. Leo I to St. Gregory I by Allies, T. W. (Thomas William)