Sentences with word «modalism»

Oneness Pentecostalism has a strong affirmation of the incarnation also, which means it can not be classified as a form of Unitarianism or even a modern - day version of modalism.

For example, in response to Childs» claim that «feminist positions... imply modalism in place of sound trinitarian doctrine,» Barr remarks, «No feminist will find this argument other than laughable.»

If modalism eliminates self - distinction within God, then subordinationism (the opposite danger) undercuts the unity of God.

I find your Z - theory intriguing, David, though I can understand why some Christians would consider it as smacking of modalism.

Anyone familiar with the Eastern Christian world knows that the Orthodox view of the Catholic Church is often a curious mélange of fact, fantasy, cultural prejudice, sublime theological misunderstanding, resentment, reasonable disagreement, and unreasonable dread: it sees a misty phantasmagoria of crusades, predestination, «modalism,» a God of wrath, flagellants, Grand Inquisitors, and those blasted Borgias.

try googling a few terms here: Sabellianism / modalism, tri-theism, high christology, ho.mo.ousion, or even just Athanasius» treatise «on the incarnation.»

T. D. Jakes, # 1 on the list, teaches a form of modalism; he may do so in ignorance, but it speaks badly for Christianity that someone this ignorant is in such prominence.

This reignited the controversy behind the theology of modalism, which says that God is one individual that presents itself in three different ways, but is ultimately still one person.

Both of these heresies are quite a bit simpler and easier to grasp than the Trinity, but each one lacks an essential element (three persons in the case of Modalism; one God in the case of Tritheism).

The first heresy, Modalism, claims that there are three terms for the same God, and the only difference is where this God appears and at what time.

They believe in modalism, which claims that the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit are simply different modes, or forms, of God rather than distinct persons.

The first was modalism.