35 Vocabulary For Understanding The Nicene Council’s View and What

Arians Were Up Against—Five Main Words- 1-Orthodox 2-Ontology

3-Hypostasis 4-Homoousian (5) Soteriology

(1) Or[tho[dox 7Cr$0! d9ks#8 WEBSTER’S NEW WORLD DICTIONARY

adj.

5< Fr or LL: Fr orthodoxe < LL orthbdoxus < LGr(Ec) orthodoxos, orthodox (in religion) < Gr orthos (see ORTHO-) + doxa, opinion < dokein, to think: see DECENT6

1 conforming to the usual beliefs or established doctrines, as in religion, politics, etc.; approved or conventional [orthodox ideas]; specif., a) conforming to the Christian faith as formulated in the early ecumenical creeds and confessions b) [O-] strictly conforming to the rites and traditions of Judaism, such as kashrut, the Sabbath, etc., as formulated by the Torah and Talmud

2 [O-] designating or of any of the churches comprised in the Eastern Orthodox Church

(2) On[tol[ogy 79n t9l$! jc8

n.

5ModL ontologia: see ONTO- & -LOGY6

1 the branch of metaphysics dealing with the nature of being, reality, or ultimate substance: cf. PHENOMENOLOGY

2 pl. -gies a particular theory about being or reality

on[to[logi[cal 79n#t! l9j$i k!l8

adj.

on#[to[log$i[cally

adv.

on[tol$o[gist

(3) Hy[pos[ta[sis 7hj p9s$t! sis, hi-8

n.,

pl. -[ses# 7-scz#8 5Gr, a supporting, foundation < hyphistanai, to set under, pass, stand under < hypo-, under (see HYPO-) + histanai, to STAND, cause to stand6

1 the masking or suppression of a gene by another gene that is not its allele

2 Med.

a) a deposit or sediment b) a settling of blood in the lower parts of the body as a result of a slowing down of the blood flow

3 Philos. the underlying, essential nature of a thing

4 Christian Theol. a) the unique nature of the one God b) any of the three persons of the Trinity, each person having the divine nature fully and equally c) the union of the wholly divine nature and of a wholly human nature in the one person of Jesus Christ (in full hypostatic union)

hypo[static 7hj#pb stat$ik, -p!-8

(4) Ho[mo[ousi[an 7hb#mb 1$sc !n8

adj.

5LL(Ec) homoousianus < LGr(Ec) homoousios, consubstantial < homos, SAME + ousia, essence: see HOMOIOUSIAN6 [also H-] Theol. of or holding the teaching that God the Father and God the Son are of the same nature

n.

[also H-] an adherent of this teaching

(5) So[teri[ol[ogy 7sb tir#c 9l$! jc8

n.

5< Gr sbtcria, deliverance (in LXX & N.T., salvation) < sbtcr, deliverer (in N.T., Savior) < sbzein, to save < sbs, saos, safe, sound, prob. < IE *twewos < base *tcu-, to swell, be strong > L tumere + -LOGY6 Theol. study of the divine accomplishment of the salvation of humanity; specif., in Christian theology, study of this as effected through Jesus Christ

so[terio[logi[cal 7sb tir#c ! l9j$i k!l8

adj.