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

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

And the Son, consubstantial with the Father, replied: "We shall triumph under the sign that gave Constantine the victory."

From Anatole France The Revolt of the Angels by France, Anatole