E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
Hyposta’tic Union.
The union of two or more persons into one undivided unity, as, for example, the three persons of the eternal Godhead. The Greek hypos’tasis corresponds to the Latin perso’na. The three persons of the God and three hypos’tases of the Godhead mean one and the same thing.
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“We do not find, indeed, that the hypostatic pre-existence of Christ was an article of their creed [i.e. of the Nazarenes].”—Fisher: Supernatural Origin of Christianity, essay v. p. 319.
