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

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

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

Archbishop Flavian said: Do you confess that the one and the same Son, our Lord Jesus Christ, is consubstantial with His Father as to His divinity, and consubstantial with His mother as to His humanity?

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