{"id":22097,"date":"2023-05-22T22:20:29","date_gmt":"2023-05-23T06:20:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nemoslibrary.com\/patristics\/?p=22097"},"modified":"2023-05-22T22:20:29","modified_gmt":"2023-05-23T06:20:29","slug":"athanasius-the-son-is-coessential-with-the-father","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nemoslibrary.com\/patristics\/athanasius-the-son-is-coessential-with-the-father\/","title":{"rendered":"Athanasius: The Son is Coessential with the Father"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>Coessential vs. Like-in-Essence<\/h4>\n<p>Like is not predicated of essence, but of habits, and qualities; for in the case of essences we speak, not of likeness, but of identity. Man, for instance, is said to be like man, not in essence, but according to habit and character; for in essence men are of one nature &#8230; Therefore, in speaking of Like according to essence, we mean like by participation; (for Likeness is a quality, which may attach to essence), and this would be proper to creatures for they, by partaking, are made like to God. For \u2018when He shall appear,\u2019 says Scripture, \u2018we shall be like Him\u2019 (1 John iii. 2), like, that is, not in essence but in sonship, which we shall partake from Him. If then ye speak of the Son as being by participation, then indeed call Him Like-in-essence; but thus spoken of, He is not Truth, nor Light at all, nor in nature God. For things which are from participation, are called like, not in reality, but from resemblance to reality; so that they may swerve, or be taken from those who share them. And this, again, is proper to creatures and works. Therefore, if this be out of place, He must be, not by participation, but in nature and truth Son, Light, Wisdom, God; and being by nature, and not by sharing, He would properly be called, not Like-in-essence, but Coessential &#8230; This is why the Nicene Council was correct in writing, what it was becoming to say, that the Son, begotten from the Father\u2019s essence, is coessential with Him.<\/p>\n<p>References:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Athanasuis. <em>Councils of Ariminum and Seleucia<\/em>. NPNF 2\/4:478-479. Christian Classics Ethereal Library. <a href=\"https:\/\/ccel.org\/ccel\/schaff\/npnf204\/npnf204.xxii.ii.iii.html\">https:\/\/ccel.org\/ccel\/schaff\/npnf204\/npnf204.xxii.ii.iii.html<\/a>. Accessed May 22, 2023.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Coessential vs. Like-in-Essence Like is not predicated of essence, but of habits, and qualities; for in the case of essences we speak, not of likeness, but of identity. Man, for instance, is said to be like man, not in essence, but according to habit and character; for in essence men are of one nature &#8230; Therefore, in speaking of Like according to essence, we mean like by participation; (for Likeness [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[218],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22097","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-athanasius"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":22063,"url":"https:\/\/nemoslibrary.com\/patristics\/athanasius-against-the-arians\/","url_meta":{"origin":22097,"position":0},"title":"Athanasius: Against the Arians","author":"Nemo","date":"April 16, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Arian argument: \u201cIf there never was, when the Son was not, but He is eternal, and coexists with the Father, you call Him no more the Father\u2019s Son, but brother\u201d Answer: For the Father and the Son were not generated from some pre-existing origin, that we may account Them brothers,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Athanasius&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Athanasius","link":"https:\/\/nemoslibrary.com\/patristics\/category\/athanasius\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":22035,"url":"https:\/\/nemoslibrary.com\/patristics\/athanasius-defence-of-the-nicene-definition\/","url_meta":{"origin":22097,"position":1},"title":"Athanasius: Defence of the Nicene Definition","author":"Nemo","date":"April 8, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"On Eternal Generation of the Son God is self-existent, enclosing all things, and enclosed by none; within all according to His own goodness and power, yet without all in His proper nature. 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