consubstantial
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"One in being with the Father" becomes "consubstantial with the Father" in the Nicene creed.
From Time Magazine Archive
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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.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
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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)
Of a consubstantial Trinity the Cathars naturally had never heard.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" by Various
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