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Monarchianism

Guarding God's oneness so fiercely it lost either the persons or the Son's divinity

Monarchianism is an umbrella term for teachings that safeguarded God's oneness at a cost. Modalist monarchianism, linked to Praxeas, Noetus, and Sabellius, denied any real distinction among the persons. Dynamic monarchianism denied Christ's full deity, treating him as a man empowered by God. Tertullian was among its leading opponents, and the Church condemned these views as failing to hold both God's unity and the genuine distinctions of Father, Son, and Spirit.

How it traveled

  1. Against Praxeas.
    — · 220
    challenges
  2. The Church History of Eusebius
    Caesarea · 339
    explains

Key passages(13)

Against Praxeas., The Very Names of Father and Son Prove the Personal Distinction of the Two. They Cannot Possibly Be Identical, Nor is Their Identity Necessary to Preserve the Divine Monarchy.↗challenges

Against Praxeas. · Anti-marcion

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The Church History of Eusebius — Book VII — The Heresy of Sabellius.↗explains

The Church History of Eusebius · Eusebius of Caesarea

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The Church History of Eusebius — Book VI — The Error of Beryllus.↗challenges

The Church History of Eusebius · Eusebius of Caesarea

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Against Praxeas., More Passages from the Same Gospel in Proof of the Same Portion of the Catholic Faith. Praxeas' Taunt of Worshipping Two Gods Repudiated.↗challenges

Against Praxeas. · Anti-marcion

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The Catechetical Lectures of S. Cyril — Concerning the Unity of God. On the Article, I Believe in One God. Also Concerning Heresies. — part 1↗challenges

The Catechetical Lectures of S. Cyril · Cyril of Jerusalem

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Against Heresies: Book II, Chapter XXXV↗challenges

Against Heresies: Book II · Irenaeus of Lyons

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Against Praxeas., The Designation of the One God in the Prophetic Scriptures. Intended as a Protest Against Heathen Idolatry, It Does Not Preclude the Correlative Idea of the Son of God. The Son is in the Father.↗challenges

Against Praxeas. · Anti-marcion

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The Church History of Eusebius — Book VII — Paul of Samosata, and the Heresy introduced by him at Antioch.↗applies

The Church History of Eusebius · Eusebius of Caesarea

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The Acts of the Disputation with the Heresiarch Manes., Chapter XIV↗challenges

The Acts of the Disputation with the Heresiarch Manes. · Archelaus

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Book First. of the Knowledge of God the Creator — CHAPTER 13. - THE UNITY OF THE DIVINE ESSENCE IN THREE PERSONS TAUGHT, IN SCRIPTURE, FROM THE FOUNDATION OF THE WORLD. — part 12↗challenges

Book First. of the Knowledge of God the Creator · John Calvin

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Jerome and Gennadius. Lives of Illustrious Men — Jerome. Lives of Illustrious Men. — Dionysius the bishop. (#2)↗challenges

Jerome and Gennadius. Lives of Illustrious Men · Jerome

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Rhodon.↗challenges

Rhodon. · Remains of the Second and Third Centuries

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Malchion., Translator's Biographical Notice.↗challenges

Malchion. · Anatolius and Minor Writers

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