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→Preliminary Issues: A Summary of Historical Terms
==== Who God Is: ====
Father/Son/Holy Spirit
* '''person'''* '''hypostasis ''' - (''lit.'' “standing~under”); from the preferred Greek term designating the concept of person* '''prosopon ''' (pl. prosopa) - (lit. “face/mask”); an early, but less-preferred, Greek term. It is less-preferred because it lends itself to confusion with [[Sabellianism]].
==== What God Is: ====
characteristics which are eternal and unchangeable (ex. divinity/trinity/immortality/life/love…). This is what "theology" studies.
* '''nature'''* '''essence'''* '''substance ''' - (from the preferred Latin term)* '''homoousion ''' - (''lit.'' same + essence/being); from Greek ''ὁμοούσιος'' (ὁμός + οὐσία + -ῐος); transliterated: "homooúsios" (homó + ousía + ios [where ''-ios'' is an adjectival morpheme])
==== What God Does: ====
characteristics which are temporal (occurring within time) and variable (ex. create/reveal/save…)
* '''activities'''* '''energies'''* '''attributes'''* '''economy ''' - (from Greek οἰκονομία [oikonomia]; ''lit.'' household-activities/management); these are things that God does within time as He "manages His household"
== History ==