Homoean

English

Alternative forms

• Homoian

Etymology

From Latin homoeus, from Ancient Greek ὅμοιος (hómoios, “like, similar”), +‎ -an.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /hɒˈmiːən/

Adjective

Homoean (comparative more Homoean, superlative most Homoean)

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, published 2010, page 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

Homoean (plural Homoeans)

1. Someone who subscribes to this belief.