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Hypostasis → Faith → Parrhesia → Righteous Living → The Righteous
Latin rendered hypostasis as substantia (Vulgate Heb 11:1: “fides … sperandarum substantia rerum”), which shaped the medieval reading of faith as “substance”; many Reformation and modern translations prefer “assurance” or “confidence”.
Nicene/Cappadocian hypostasis (person); Latin substantia; Reformation “assurance”.
From Hebrews to Nicaea and the Reformers