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Definition of Hypostases

Hypostases
Hypostasis Hy*pos"ta*sis, n.; pl. Hypostases. [L., fr. Gr. ? subsistence, substance, fr. ? to stand under; ? under + ? to stand, middle voice of ? to cause to stand. See Hypo-, and Stand.] 1. That which forms the basis of anything; underlying principle; a concept or mental entity conceived or treated as an existing being or thing. 2. (Theol.) Substance; subsistence; essence; person; personality; -- used by the early theologians to denote any one of the three subdivisions of the Godhead, the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Note: The Council of Alexandria (a. d. 362) defined hypostasis as synonymous with person. --Schaff-Herzog. 3. Principle; an element; -- used by the alchemists in speaking of salt, sulphur, and mercury, which they considered as the three principles of all material bodies. 4. (Med.) That which is deposited at the bottom of a fluid; sediment.

Meaning of Hypostases from wikipedia

- Look up hypostasis in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Hypostasis, hypostases, hypostatic, hypostatization, or hypostatisation (Ancient Gr****: ὑπόστᾰσις...
- Origen's three-hypostases view dominated. The Eusebians (traditionally but erroneously called 'Arians') believed in three hypostases. The leaders of...
- Three Primary Hypostases" V.2 [11] - "On the Origin and Order of the Beings following after the First" V.3 [49] - "On the Knowing Hypostases and That Which...
- eternal God, who exists as a peric****sis ("mutual indwelling") of three hypostases, or "persons": God the Father; God the Son; and God the Holy Spirit, which...
- as three co-eternal, consubstantial, co-immanent, and equally divine hypostases. During the patristic period, Christian theologians attempted to clarify...
- in its innumerable aggregate states, is represented by the Apas, the hypostases of the waters. Āb (plural Ābān) is the Middle Persian-language form. "To...
- the mother of Christ. Nestorius argued for two distinct substances or hypostases, of divinity and humanity, in Christ. He maintained that divinity could...
- Ptah (/tɑː/ TAH; Ancient Egyptian: ptḥ, reconstructed [piˈtaħ]; Ancient Gr****: Φθά, romanized: Phthá; Coptic: ⲡⲧⲁϩ, romanized: Ptah; Phoenician: 𐤐𐤕𐤇...
- closely connected to the cult of Artimus. The cult of at least three hypostases of Artimus are attested in Lydia: Artimus of Ephesus (Lydian: 𐤠𐤭𐤯𐤦𐤪𐤰𐤮...
- the Son (Jesus Christ) and God the Holy Spirit, three distinct persons (hypostases) sharing one essence/substance/nature (homoousion). As the Fourth Lateran...