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

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)

The reason can only be satisfied with an aliment consubstantial with itself.

From The Religious Sentiment Its Source and Aim: A Contribution to the Science and Philosophy of Religion by Brinton, Daniel Garrison

Born of the Father before all ages, God of God, Light of Light, true God of true God, begotten not made, consubstantial with the Father .

From Saint Athanasius The Father of Orthodoxy by Forbes, F. A. (Frances Alice)