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

He plead that Jesus Christ being the word, consubstantial with the Father, Mary could not, at the same time, be the mother of God the Father and of God the Son.

From The Christian Foundation, Or, Scientific and Religious Journal, Volume I, No. 10. October, 1880 by Walker, Aaron

The Christology that makes Christ Jesus consubstantial with God and with man satisfies man's deep-felt need.

From Monophysitism Past and Present A Study in Christology by Luce, A. A. (Arthur Aston)

He subscribed the Nicene Creed, apparently with some reservations, as to the word consubstantial.

From Frauds and Follies of the Fathers A Review of the Worth of their Testimony to the Four Gospels by Wheeler, Joseph Mazzini