Heteroousian

Heteroousian
/het'euh roh ooh"see euhn, -ow"see euhn/, Eccles.
n.
1. a person who believes the Father and the Son to be unlike in substance or essence; an Arian (opposed to Homoousian).
adj.
2. of or pertaining to the Heteroousians or their doctrine.
[1670-80; < LGk heterooúsi(os) (Gk hetero- HETERO- + ousí(a) nature, essence + -os adj. suffix) + -AN]

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