Patripassian

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Patripassian \Pa`tri*pas"sian\, n. [LL. Patripassiani, pl.; L.
     pater father + pati, passus, to suffer: cf. F.
     patripassiens.] (Eccl. Hist.)
     One of a body of believers in the early church who denied the
     independent pre["e]xistent personality of Christ, and who,
     accordingly, held that the Father suffered in the Son; a


     monarchian. -- {Pa`tri*pas"sian*ism}, n.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Monarchian \Mo*nar"chi*an\, n. (Eccl. Hist.)
     One of a sect in the early Christian church which rejected
     the doctrine of the Trinity; -- called also {patripassian}.
     [1913 Webster] Monarchic