What does consubstantial mean?
Of one and the same substance, essence, or nature. In Christian theology, it describes the relationship between the Father and the Son in the doctrine of the Trinity — that they are of identical divine substance.
- (Christian theology) Of one and the same substance or essence, especially as applied to the Father and the Son within the Trinity.
- Of one and the same substance, nature, or essence more generally.
"The Nicene Creed affirms that the Son is consubstantial with the Father."
"The Council of Nicaea affirmed that the Son is consubstantial with the Father, rejecting the Arian view that he was merely a created being."
"Though the two manuscripts differ in wording, scholars argue they are essentially consubstantial, drawn from a single lost source."
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Consubstantial means of the same substance or essence; consanguineous refers to sharing a common bloodline or ancestry.