Heteroousian
[ het-uh-roh-oo-see-uh n, -ou-see-uh n ]
/ ˌhɛt ə roʊˈu si ən, -ˈaʊ si ən /
noun
a person who believes the Father and the Son to be unlike in substance or essence; an Arian (opposed to Homoousian).
adjective
of or relating to the Heteroousians or their doctrine.
British Dictionary definitions for heteroousian
Heteroousian
/ (ˌhɛtərəʊˈuːsɪən, -ˈaʊsɪən) /
noun
a Christian who maintains that God the Father and God the Son are different in substance
adjective
of or relating to this belief
Word Origin for Heteroousian
C17: from Late Greek
heteroousios, from Greek
hetero- +
ousia nature