HETEROUSIANS, composed of ἕτερος, and οὐσία, _substance_, a
sect or branch of Arians, the followers of Aëtius, and from him
denominated Aëtians. They were called Heterousii, because they held, not
that the Son of God was of a substance like, or similar to, that of the
Father, which was the doctrine of another branch of Arians, thence
called Homoousians, Homoousii; but that he was of another substance
different from that of the Father.
sect or branch of Arians, the followers of Aëtius, and from him
denominated Aëtians. They were called Heterousii, because they held, not
that the Son of God was of a substance like, or similar to, that of the
Father, which was the doctrine of another branch of Arians, thence
called Homoousians, Homoousii; but that he was of another substance
different from that of the Father.