Homoean

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: en, /hɒˈmiːən/

Alternative forms

• Homoian, {{3}}

Origin

From , from , en + - + an.

Full definition of Homoean

Adjective

1. (theology) Pertaining to the belief established in the fourth century as a middle ground between the homoousian and homoiousian positions, contending merely that the Father is ‘like’ the Son.
• 2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin 2010, p. 216:Maybe the Homoean formula of Ariminum would have succeeded in uniting the Church if Constantius had not unexpectedly died in his mid-forties in 361.

Noun

1. Someone who subscribes to this belief.