hypostasis
Essence beneath appearance
Hypostasis has two main domains.
In philosophy and theology, it refers to an underlying substance or essential nature—particularly the three distinct persons (Father, Son, Holy Spirit) of the Christian Trinity, each a separate hypostasis sharing one divine essence.
In medicine, hypostasis is the settling of blood or fluid in lower body parts due to gravity, as occurs after death: postmortem hypostasis revealed the body had been moved.
Both senses share the idea of something underlying or settling beneath.
Godhead as three persons
- GodheadDivine nature itself
- consubstantialSharing the same being
- incarnationQuality given bodily presence
- ChristologyDoctrine of the Messiah's nature
begotten · coeternal · Athanasius · persona · subsistence · procession · Council of Nicaea · creed
Physical material with mass
- natureInherent quality or disposition
- underlyingExisting beneath the surface
- coreCentral essential portion
- beingExisting as something
subsistence · fundamental · constitution · identity · character · kernel · nucleus · existence
Physical material with mass
- subsistenceMinimal means of living
- particularsIndividual facts or details
- universalsProperties holding across all
- AristotelianOf ancient systematic philosophy
Neoplatonism · ontology · monad · metaphysics · realism · nominalism · instantiation · individuation
Particles settling in liquid
- precipitateHeadlong and reckless
- settlingReaching resolution or rest
- congestionExcessive accumulation causing blockage
- poolingMerging shared contributions
stasis · postmortem · dependent · blood · tissue · accumulation · gravitational · deposit
Trinity
Godhead as three persons
- GodheadDivine nature itself
- consubstantialSharing the same being
- incarnationQuality given bodily presence
Christology · begotten · coeternal · Athanasius · persona · subsistence · procession · Council of Nicaea · creed · doctrine
substance
Physical material with mass
- natureInherent quality or disposition
- underlyingExisting beneath the surface
- coreCentral essential portion
being · subsistence · fundamental · constitution · identity · character · kernel · nucleus · existence · entity
substance
Physical material with mass
- subsistenceMinimal means of living
- particularsIndividual facts or details
- universalsProperties holding across all
Aristotelian · Neoplatonism · ontology · monad · metaphysics · realism · nominalism · instantiation · individuation · substratum
sediment
Particles settling in liquid
- precipitateHeadlong and reckless
- settlingReaching resolution or rest
- congestionExcessive accumulation causing blockage
pooling · stasis · postmortem · dependent · blood · tissue · accumulation · gravitational · deposit · discoloration
hypostasisappearance
Outward visible form
phenomenon · semblance · mere appearance · surface · superficiality
hypostasisabstraction
Distilling to essential qualities
universal · nonbeing · nonexistence · essence · form