[B-Greek] hOMOOUSIOS and hOMOIOUSIOS
Tony Costa
tmcos at rogers.com
Sat Mar 27 14:05:59 EST 2004
Bert, hOMOOUSIOS is made up of 2 Greek words, hOMO meaning the same, and
OUSIOS from OUSIA which can mean nature, substance, being, and person.
hOMOIOUSIOS has hOMOI which means "like" and carries the meaning of
"likeness" with. These two words became the defining terms in the Nicean
controversey of 325 CE. The Nicean Creed stated that the Son was hOMOOUSIOS
with the Father, ie. of the *same* nature with the Father and thus he is
God. The Arians on the other hand who held that the Son was created by the
Father preferred the term hOMOIOUSIOS , that the Son was *like* the Father,
but not the eternal God himself. Your son is right on the definition of
these two words!
Tony Costa
----- Original Message -----
From: <bertdehaan at gosympatico.ca>
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Sent: Saturday, March 27, 2004 1:31 PM
Subject: [B-Greek] hOMOOUSIOS and hOMOIOUSIOS
> My 8 yr old son had these two words in his church history lesson. He told
me that hOMOOUSIOS refers to Jesus being God, and hOMOIOUSIOS to Jesus being
like God.
> I can see how these words would be 'related' to hOMOIWS but I don't know
what exactly these words mean.
> Can someone help me out and maybe parse these words.
> I don't know if the transliteration is like the b-greek scheme but this is
all I had.
> Thank you
> Bert de Haan.
>
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