The Son is like the Father
Doctrine · On God · 359–381
The Son is like the Father according to the scriptures, and the word substance is not to be used of either.
The formula of the Dated Creed of 359, framed to be signable by everybody by forbidding the word the argument was about. It was carried at Ariminum and Seleucia in the same year and held the field for two decades.
Held it
- 359 — The Council of Ariminum (Defines). Subscribes the Dated Creed, which calls the Son like the Father and forbids the word substance. The Seven Ecumenical Councils (NPNF series 2 vol. 14) · Constantinople I (381), canon 1
- 359 — The Dated Creed (Formulates). The text framed at Sirmium and carried at Ariminum and Seleucia in the same year. The Seven Ecumenical Councils (NPNF series 2 vol. 14) · Constantinople I (381), canon 1
Refused it
- 381 — The First Council of Constantinople (Condemns). Names it among the parties the council sets aside. The Seven Ecumenical Councils (NPNF series 2 vol. 14) · Constantinople I (381), canon 1
In the disputes
- The Arian crisis Sixty years of argument about whether the Son is God in the same sense the Father is.
First stated in this form after The Seven Ecumenical Councils (NPNF series 2 vol. 14) · Constantinople I (381), canon 1.