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From: Andrew Barton <AndrewBarton_at_compuserve.com>
Date: Tue, 7 Nov 2000 16:27:47 -0500

>> >What do you consider to have been the consequences for behaviour >>of the distinction between 'same substance' and 'like substance'?

> If he was of the 'same substance' as god, then he was (and is) god.
If he is of 'similar substance', then he was (and is) not god. If christ is god, then he can be directly worshiped, if he is not god then he cannot be directly worshiped.

> The two interpretations equate to two different religions.

I was rsponding to a claim (don't now have the original) that doctrinal differences in the real world produced differences in -behaviour-. The biggest doctrinal split in Christianity was the 'schism over a diphthong', and the different beliefs did not produce any difference I'm aware of in how people acted, and precious little in their worship services.

Andrew