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TRINITY : M. M. NINAN<br />

9. Trinity through History<br />

Christ as Anthropos,<br />

standing on the globe,<br />

flanked by the four elements.<br />

From Bartholomew de Glanville, Liber de proprietatibus rerum<br />

Bartholomew Anglici, Strasbourg 1485.<br />

Sabellianism, Modalism, modalistic monarchianism, or<br />

modal monarchism<br />

Sabellius, Praxeus, Noetus, Epigonus<br />

Sabellianism also known as modalism, modalistic<br />

monarchianism, or modal monarchism is the belief that the<br />

Father, Son and Holy Spirit are different modes or aspects <strong>of</strong><br />

one God, as perceived by the believer, rather than three distinct<br />

persons in God<br />

MODALISTIC MONARCHIANISM: monarchiaone<br />

origin,one ruler<br />

Belief in and worship <strong>of</strong> ONE GOD as he reveals<br />

himself in diverse<br />

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