Tuesday, July 3, 2012
- Modalism. Used to describe the blurring or erasing the real, eternal and irreducible distinctions among the three persons of the Godhead
- Subordinationism. Used for the teaching that the Son and Holy Spirit are lesser beings or have a lesser status than the Father
- Ontological. Used when thinking of God as he is in his being or existence
- Economic. Used when thinking of God’s activity in creation and salvation
- Generation. Used for the unique property of the Son in relation to the Father
- Procession. Used for the eternal relation of the Holy Spirit to the Father (and the Son in the west)
- Person. Used for the Father, Son and Spirit when differentiated
- Hypostasis. Greek for “something with a concrete existence” and the Greek alternative for the Latin “person”
- Homoousios. Greek for “Of the same being”. Used to say that the Son and Spirit are of the same being or essence as the Father
- Homoiousios. Greek for “Of similar being”. Used by heretics to say that the Son and Spirit are only of similar being or essence as the Father
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