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Homoean
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English
Alternative forms
en Homoian
Etymology
From en la homoeus, from en grc ὅμοιος like, similar, en an.
Pronunciation
en /hɒˈmiːən/ UK
Adjective
en theology Pertaining to the belief established in the fourth century as a middle ground between the homoousian and homoiousian positions, contending merely that the Father is ‘like’ the Son.
en 2009 w:Diarmaid MacCulloch A History of Christianity 216 Penguin 2010 Maybe the Homoean formula of Ariminum would have succeeded in uniting the Church if Constantius had not unexpectedly died in his mid-forties in 361.
Derived terms
en Homoeanism
Noun
Someone who subscribes to this belief.
en Christianity