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prosopon|ˈprɒsəʊpɒn|
[a. Gr. πρόσωπον face.]
1. Theol. A conception or external presentation of one of the three Persons of the Trinity; = hypostasis 5.
1900J. S. Banks Devel. Doctrine in Early Church i. vii. 101 John of Damascus..says, Father, Son, and Spirit are one God or one substance (ousia, nature, essence), but not one person (hypostasis, prosopon). 1932A. C. McGiffert Hist. Christian Thought I. xii. 238 As creator and governor God is called Father, as redeemer he is called Son, as regenerator and sanctifier he is called Holy Spirit. But it is one and the same God, one and the same divine person, who acts in all these ways. The difference is not in being or person, but in function or activity. Each of these functions or activities—Father, Son and Spirit—was called by Sabellius prosopon (πρόσωπον), the Greek word of which the Latin translation is persona. The word means not person but face, and was used for the mask worn by actors in the theatre or for the part they played. 1936G. L. Prestige God in Patristic Thought iii. 55 Christ, who was called the prosopon of God with no less assurance (if with less frequency) than He was called God's Word or Wisdom. 1950[see allogenous a.] 1969Dict. Christian Theol. 279/1 Prosopon is a term used as an alternative to Hypostasis..to express the plurality of the Godhead. 1973J. A. T. Robinson Human Face of God vii. 215 The prosopon, the face or person, of the Son is henceforth the faces of men and women.
2. Outward appearance or aspect.
1947Auden in Amer. Scholar XVI. 406 Even the dinner waltz..is a voice that assaults International wrong,..Completely delivering to the sick, Sad, soiled prosopon of our ageing Present the perdition of all her rage. |