In 4th century Christianity, the Anomoeans, also spelled “Anomeans” and known also as Heterousians, Aëtians, or Eunomians, were a sect that upheld an extreme form of Arianism, that Jesus Christ was not of the same nature (consubstantial) as God the Father nor was of like nature (homoiousian), as maintained by the semi-Arians.
The word “anomoean” comes from Greek ἀ(ν)- ‘not’ and ὅμοιος ‘similar’: “different; dissimilar”. In the 4th century, during the reign of Constantius II, this was the name by which the followers of Aëtius and Eunomius were distinguished as a theological party.
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Keywords: Anomoeanism, Eunomians, Anomeans, Heterousians, Heterousian, Eunomian, Anomoean, Nicene, Nicene creed, trinity, anti-trinity, anti-trinitarian, Arian, Arianism, Arius, consubstantial, homoios, ousia, Homoiousian, Homoousian, Homoousion, Homoousios, homoiousios
Bible reference(s): 1 Corinthians 8:6, 1 Timothy 2:5, 1 John 5:7-8
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