Sabellian

[sә'beliәn]

Definition

(noun.) an extinct Osco-Umbrian language of ancient Italy that survives only in a few inscriptions.

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Definition

(a.) Pertaining to the doctrines or tenets of Sabellius. See Sabellian, n.

(n.) A follower of Sabellius, a presbyter of Ptolemais in the third century, who maintained that there is but one person in the Godhead, and that the Son and Holy Spirit are only different powers, operations, or offices of the one God the Father.

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Definition

n. a follower of Sabellius a 3d-century heretic banished from Rome by Callistus.—adj. pertaining to Sabellius or his heresy.—n. Sabell′ianism the heresy about the distinction of Persons in God held by Sabellius and his school—the Trinity resolved into a mere threefold manifestation of God to man Father Son and Holy Spirit not distinct subsistences but merely one and the same person in different aspects.

Editor: Murdoch