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Sabellianism

Sabellianism noun: a Christian belief which holds that God the Father and God the Son are one and the same, the latter often being termed Patripassianism in that it implies God the Father personally suffered on the Cross.

Noun

Sabellianism (uncountable)

  1. A Christian belief which holds that God the Father and God the Son are one and the same, the latter often being termed Patripassianism in that it implies God the Father personally suffered on the Cross.

Origin of Sabellianism

From Sabellian + -ism, after Sabellius.

Questions about Sabellianism

What does Sabellianism mean?
Sabellianism means a Christian belief which holds that God the Father and God the Son are one and the same, the latter often being termed Patripassianism in that it implies God the Father personally suffered on the Cross.
What part of speech is Sabellianism?
Sabellianism is a noun.

Words near Sabellianism in the dictionary

  1. sabellariid
  2. sabellariids
  3. sabellas
  4. Sabelli
  5. Sabellian
  6. Sabellianism
  7. Sabellianize
  8. Sabellianized
  9. Sabellianizes
  10. Sabellianizing
  11. Sabellians

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