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modalism

modalism noun: the nontrinitarian doctrine that God, who is one person, has three modes of divine revelation (the Father, Son, and Spirit), contrary to the orthodox belief that the three persons are all fully God.

Noun

modalism (countable and uncountable, plural modalisms)

  1. The nontrinitarian doctrine that God, who is one person, has three modes of divine revelation (the Father, Son, and Spirit), contrary to the orthodox belief that the three persons are all fully God.

Forms of modalism

pluralmodalisms

Origin of modalism

From modal + -ism.

Words formed from modalism

Questions about modalism

What does modalism mean?
Modalism means the nontrinitarian doctrine that God, who is one person, has three modes of divine revelation (the Father, Son, and Spirit), contrary to the orthodox belief that the three persons are all fully God.
What part of speech is modalism?
Modalism is a noun.
What is the plural of modalism?
The plural of modalism is modalisms.

Words near modalism in the dictionary

  1. modal verbs
  2. modalise
  3. modalised
  4. modalises
  5. modalising
  6. modalism
  7. modalisms
  8. modalist
  9. modalistic
  10. modalistically
  11. modalists

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