Since the Latin language lacks a present active participle for the verb " to be, " Tertullian and other Latin authors rendered the Greek noun " ousia " ( being ) as " substantia, " and the Greek adjective " homoousios " ( of the same being ) as " consubstantialis ".
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However it is Arian in subordinating the Son to the Father, insisting on a unique status for the Father, rejecting the concept of substance ( ousia ), and asserting that the Son suffered by means of his body ( reflecting the Arian belief that God the Father did not suffer ).
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The Father is the eternal, infinite and uncreated reality, that the Christ and the Holy Spirit are also eternal, infinite and uncreated, in that their origin is not in the " ousia " of God, but that their origin is in the hypostasis of God called the Father.
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Most specifically creatures, i . e . " created " beings, cannot become God in His transcendent essence, or ousia, hyper-being ( see actuality of God, i . e . His immanence, from God's being, it is also the Energeia or activity of God.
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Addressing the question of how it is possible for man to have knowledge of a transcendent and unknowable God, Palamas drew a distinction between knowing God in his " essence " ( Greek " ousia " ) and knowing God in his " energies " ( Greek " energeiai " ).
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Addressing the question of how it is possible for man to have knowledge of a transcendent and unknowable God, Palamas drew a distinction between knowing God in his " essence " ( Greek " ousia " ) and knowing God in his " energies " ( Greek " energeiai " ).
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This is an ordinary Greek word and literally means'being .'In philosophical contexts, it is usually translated by'Being'or'Essence .'Plato's " Republic " says that the Good is'not ousia'but is rather'beyond ousia'and surpasses it as an origin and in power.
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This is an ordinary Greek word and literally means'being .'In philosophical contexts, it is usually translated by'Being'or'Essence .'Plato's " Republic " says that the Good is'not ousia'but is rather'beyond ousia'and surpasses it as an origin and in power.
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Each one of us partakes of existence because he shares in ousia while because of his individual properties he is A or B . So, in the case in question, ousia refers to the general conception, like goodness, godhead, or such notions, while hypostasis is observed in the special properties of fatherhood, sonship, and sanctifying power.
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Each one of us partakes of existence because he shares in ousia while because of his individual properties he is A or B . So, in the case in question, ousia refers to the general conception, like goodness, godhead, or such notions, while hypostasis is observed in the special properties of fatherhood, sonship, and sanctifying power.
