Heteroousios

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The Greek term heteroousios was used by Arius to describe the nature of Jesus. It means "of a different substance" and thus Arianism seeks to describe Jesus as being separate from God the Father. Reactions escalated and the result was the Council of Nicea where it was affirmed that Jesus and the Father were of the same substance (homoousios).

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