What's the difference between heteroousian and homoousian?

Heteroousian


Definition:

  • (a.) Having different essential qualities; of a different nature.
  • (n.) One of those Arians who held that the Son was of a different substance from the Father.

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Homoousian


Definition:

  • (n.) One of those, in the 4th century, who accepted the Nicene creed, and maintained that the Son had the same essence or substance with the Father; -- opposed to homoiousian.
  • (a.) Of or pertaining to the Homoousians, or to the doctrines they held.

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