Definition of Hypostases. Meaning of Hypostases. Synonyms of Hypostases

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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

- Origen's three-hypostases view dominated. The Eusebians (traditionally but erroneously called 'Arians') believed in three hypostases. The leaders of...
- Look up hypostasis in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Hypostasis, hypostases, hypostatic, hypostatization, or hypostatisation (Ancient Gr****: ὑπόστᾰσις...
- 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 (also...
- This article contains cuneiform script. Without proper rendering support, you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols instead of cuneiform script...
- Ptah (/tɑː/ TAH; Ancient Egyptian: ptḥ, reconstructed [piˈtaħ]; Ancient Gr****: Φθά, romanized: Phthá; Coptic: ⲡⲧⲁϩ, romanized: Ptah; Phoenician: 𐤐𐤕𐤇...
- the Son (Jesus Christ) and God the Holy Spirit, three distinct persons (hypostases) sharing one essence/substance/nature (homoousion). As the Fourth Lateran...
- 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...
- Yazata ****ist Ahura Mazda in his battle against the evil spirit, and are hypostases of moral or physical aspects of creation. The yazatas collectively are...
- as three co-eternal, consubstantial, co-immanent, and equally divine hypostases. During the patristic period, Christian theologians attempted to clarify...
- God in Christianity is represented by the Trinity of three hypostases or "persons" described as Father, Son and Holy Spirit. While "Father" and "Son" implicitly...