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Monarchianism

[ muh-nahr-kee-uh-niz-uhm ]

noun

, Theology.
  1. any of several doctrines of the Christian church in the 2nd and 3rd centuries a.d., emphasizing the unity of God by maintaining that the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit are three manifestations or aspects of God. Compare Trinitarianism ( def ).modalism ( def ).


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Other Words From

  • Mo·nar·chi·an adjective noun
  • Mo·nar·chi·an·ist noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of Monarchianism1

First recorted in 1835–45; Monarchian (from Late Latin monarchiānus; monarchy, -an ) + -ism
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Example Sentences

The following passages from the great work of Hippolytus give the earlier form of Modalistic Monarchianism.

The name Adoptionist has been so long applied to a heresy of the eighth century, chiefly in Spain, that it leads to confusion to use the term in connection with Monarchianism.

Monarchianism is a general term used to include all the unsuccessful attempts of teachers within the Church to explain the divine element in Christ without doing violence to the doctrine of the unity of God, and yet without employing the Logos christology.

In reply, Dionysius of Alexandria pointed out at length, in a Refutation and Defence, his actual opinion on the matter as a whole, rather than as merely opposed to Modalistic Monarchianism or Sabellianism.

Dynamistic Monarchianism, 172-175, 221, 225-229, 298.

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