For examples of these interchanges of meaning, we
may notice that the Synod of Antioch (a.d.
269), in the Epistle addressed to Paul of Samosata before his
deposition, speaking of the unity of Christ’s Person, says
that “He is one and the same in His οὐσίᾳ Routh, Rel.
Sacr., III. p. 299..” On this passage Routh remarks
that “The words οὐσία and φύσις are sometimes
employed by the ancients for a personal subsistence (persona
subsistente), as is plainly testified by Photius.”