ὁμοούσιον τῷ Πατρί, ἐκ τῆς οὐσίας τοῦ Πατρός

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ὁμοούσιον τῷ Πατρί, ἐκ τῆς οὐσίας τοῦ Πατρός

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I am comparing the 325 version and the 381 version of the Nicene Creed.

Can someone help me compare and contrast the meaning of ὁμοούσιον τῷ Πατρί versus ἐκ τῆς οὐσίας τοῦ Πατρός? Are there particularly good articles to look at on this?
ἐξίσταντο δὲ πάντες καὶ διηποροῦντο, ἄλλος πρὸς ἄλλον λέγοντες, τί θέλει τοῦτο εἶναι;
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I don't know about articles (I'm sure quite a lot has been written about it), but these are practically synonymous expressions. In other words one effectively functions as the definition of the other.
N.E. Barry Hofstetter, M.A., Th.M.
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Instructor of Latin
Jack M. Barrack Hebrew Academy
καὶ σὺ τὸ σὸν ποιήσεις κἀγὼ τὸ ἐμόν. ἆρον τὸ σὸν καὶ ὕπαγε.
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