<P> Consubstantial ( Latin : consubstantialis ) is an adjective used in Latin Christian christology , coined by Tertullian in Against Hermogenes 44 , used to translate the Greek term homoousios . `` Consubstantial '' describes the relationship among the Divine persons of the Christian Trinity and connotes that God the Father , God the Son , and God the Holy Ghost are `` of one substance '' in that the Son is `` begotten '' `` before all ages '' or `` eternally '' of the Father 's own being , from which the Spirit also eternally `` proceeds '' . In Latin languages it is the term for homoousism . </P>
consubstantial with the father in the creed means what
the Greek term homoousios the relationship among the Divine persons of the Christian Trinity and connotes that God the Father , God the Son , and God the Holy Ghost are `` of one substance '' in that the Son is `` begotten '' `` before all ages '' or `` eternally '' of the Father 's own being , from which the Spirit also eternally `` proceeds ''