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Definition of Consubstantial
1. Adjective. Regarded as the same in substance or essence (as of the three persons of the Trinity).
Partainyms: Consubstantiation
Derivative terms: Consubstantiation
Definition of Consubstantial
1. a. Of the same kind or nature; having the same substance or essence; coessential.
Definition of Consubstantial
1. Adjective. Of the same substance or essence. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Consubstantial
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Consubstantial
Literary usage of Consubstantial
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"It is therefore not to be wondered at, if the expression "consubstantial with
... But God forbid that we should say the Blood of Christ is consubstantial ..."
2. The True Intellectual System of the Universe: Wherein All the Reason and by Ralph Cudworth, Thomas Birch (1837)
"... or consubstantial with us roen, as to his humanity.—Where it cannot reasonably
be suspected, that one and the same word should be taken in two different ..."
3. The Arians of the Fourth Century by John Henry Newman (1871)
"Thus Aristotle speaks of the stars being consubstantial with each other; and
Porphyry of the souls of brute animals being consubstantial to ..."
4. The Fundamental Christian Faith: The Origin, History and Interpretation of by Charles Augustus Briggs (1913)
"The Son is declared to be the only begotten of the Father, begotten before all
the ages, consubstantial with the Father, veritable God, the mediator of ..."
5. A Commentary on the Psalms: From Primitive and Mediaeval Writers and from by John Mason Neale, Richard Frederick Littledale (1868)
"O GOD, Almighty SAVIOUR, vouchsafe, we beseech Thee, Gregorian, that we who do
confess that the SON of GOD is Co-equal and consubstantial with Thee, ..."
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