of Alexandria, allowing Athanasius to reclaim the 'see', or ecclesiastical jurisdiction. Sides As indicated by the names of the “sides,” listed below, the Arian controversy was not about the entire Nicene Creed, but specifically about the key word in the creed: Homoousion (same substance). The Homoousians supported this word. The Heteroousians were the extreme Arians, saying that Christ is of a “different substance” than the Father. The Homoiousians were somewhere midway between the Homoousians and Heteroousians. They also rejected the word Homoousian and maintained that Christ is of a “similar substance: rather than of the “same substance.” But perhaps the Homoians were the people that rebelled most against the word homoousion, because they claimed that it is utter arrogance to speculate about the substance of God because this is not revealed in the Bible:The Arian Controversy controversy continued after the Creed of Nicaea of 325 because that creed “ultimately confounded the confusion because its use of the words ousia and hypostasis was so ambiguous as to suggest that the Fathers of Nicaea had fallen into Sabellianism, a view recognized as a heresy even at that period.”It was mainly under the influence of the Cappadocian Fathers that the terminology was clarified and standardized so that the formula "three hypostases in one ousia" came to be accepted as an epitome of the orthodox doctrine of the Trinity. Homoousian The Homoousians taught that the Son is of the same substance as the Father, i.e. both uncreated. The Sabellian form had been condemned as heresy in the 3rd century by Pope Calixtus. The Athanasian form would be declared orthodox at the Council of Constantinople in 383, and has become the basis of most of modern trinitarianism. Alexander, bishop of Alexandria (313–326). Hosius, bishop of Cordoba (?-359). Eusebius, bishop of Caesarea (c. 313–339). Eustathius, (possibly Sabellian) bishop of Antioch (c. 325–330). Cyrus, (possibly Sabellian) bishop of Beroe. Athanasius (Athanasian) bishop of Alexandria (326–373, later rival of Gregory of Cappadocia and then George of Laodicea). Paul, bishop of Constantinople (336–351, later rival of Eusebius of Nicomedia and then Macedonius I of Constantinople). Julius, bishop of Rome (337–352). Asclepas, bishop of Gaza. Lucius, bishop of Adrianople (?-351). Maximus, bishop of Jerusalem (333–350). Paulinus, bishop of Treves, who supported Athanasius of Alexandria at Milan. Dionysius, bishop of Alba, who supported Athanasius of Alexandria at Milan. Eusebius, bishop of Vercelli (340–371), who supported Athanasius of Alexandria at Milan. Angelius,