The meaning of Sabellian

noun

A member of a group of oscan-speaking peoples of ancient italy, including the sabines and samnites.

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The umbrians lived to the north of the sabellians; they are said to have been the oldest people of …

adjective

Relating to the sabellians.

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Strictly speaking the samnite tribes were sabellian, and their language, oscan, a sabellian dialect.

adjective

Relating to the teachings of sabellius (fl. c.220 in north africa), who developed a form of the modalist doctrine that the father, son, and holy spirit are not truly distinct but merely aspects of one divine being.

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On the other hand, the sabellian heresy loses a proper conception of distinction among the persons …

noun

Relating to the teachings of sabellius ( fl. c. 220 in north africa), who developed a form of the modalist doctrine that the father, son, and holy spirit are not truly distinct but merely aspects of one divine being.

noun

A follower of the teachings of sabellius.

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He was presbyter of the church of antioch, where he wrote a confession of faith in opposition to th…