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.
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.
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.
Not exact matches
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.
In this interview, Nicholas Lash speaks
of God along with comments on
modalism, tritheism, the «end
of religion,» Aquinas, Marxism, ecumenism, interpreting scripture, methods
of teaching, Joseph Ratzinger and post-Christian culture.
The heresy
of «
modalism came in many shapes and sizes, but common to them all was the conviction that, in the God - head, the only differentiations are transitory, episodic, a matter
of successive ways (or «modes»)
of acting or existing.
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.
According to the research presented at Strangefire with supporting statistical analysis, roughly 90 %
of the movement worldwide falls into one
of those categories: Roman Catholic, Word
of Faith, Prosperity gospel,
modalism.
It's a judgment based on research provided by the StrangeFire speakers and contributors that the majority in the charismatic movement are involved in word
of faith, the prosperity gospel, Roman Catholicism, or
modalism.