Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In thieol., of or pertaining to modalism.
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Examples
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There is only one conception that has been absolutely unemployed by Origen, that is, the modalistic view.
History of Dogma, Volume 2 (of 7) Adolph Harnack 1890
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But by writing it as she did, she avoids any kind of modalistic idea that dismantles the unity of God in favor of the unique action of each person.
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Among large Christian groups, only the theology of the United Pentecostal Church (a.k.a. “Oneness” Pentecostals), is explicitly modalistic; the Three are either identified with God himself, or with aspects or actions of God.
Trinity Tuggy, Dale 2009
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+ In the second and third centuries, the dynamic or modalistic
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 7: Gregory XII-Infallability 1840-1916 1913
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Thus, and not in a modalistic sense, we must understand passages like II.
History of Dogma, Volume 2 (of 7) Adolph Harnack 1890
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