Questions tagged [modalism]
Modalism is a non-trinitarian belief that God is one person who appears to humanity at different times as the father, son and holy spirit, rather than being three eternal persons
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Why does God command his already perfectly loyal Angels to worship the second person of the Godhead (Hebrews 1:6)?
Hebrews 1:6 (NIV) says:
when God brings his firstborn into the world, he says, “Let all God’s angels worship him.”
My question is for Trinitarians, Modalists and Binitarians:
Why was it necessary ...
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Was Athanasius a Sabellian?
For an overview of Sabellian theology, see - The Sabellians of the Fourth Century. The main characteristic is that God is only one hypostasis (Reality or Person). Jesus Christ, therefore, is not one ...
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What is the difference between the Trinity theory and Modalism?
In Modalism, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit are mere "modes" of how the one God interacts with creation. Like an actor on a stage, God could appear sometimes as the Father, other ...
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How do Modalists explain the first person plural pronouns in John 14:23?
John 14:23 says:
Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode (literally, we will make) with ...
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Is a belief that the Father, Son and Holy Spirit are not three persons, but one, Modalism?
If I believe that the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit are God, but not as three persons but as one, do I believe in Modalism?
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How do Modalist and Oneness Pentecostals interpret Revelation 3:12?
In Revelation, after the resurrection, Yeshua says...
"Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go no more out: and I will write upon him the name of my God, ...
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How do Modalists interpret John 14:28?
How do Modalists interpret John 14:28?
You heard me say to you, I am going away, and I will come to you. If you loved me, you would have rejoiced, because I am going to the Father, for the Father ...
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How do Oneness Pentecostals (and other modalistic denominations) interpret Revelation 3:21?
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To the one who is victorious, I will give
the right to sit with me on my throne, just as I was victorious and
sat down with my Father on his throne.
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What's the difference, if any, between the Swedenborgian and Oneness Pentecostal doctrines of God?
Both Oneness Pentecostals and Swedenborgians could, it seems to me, be described as "modalist" in contrast with "trinitarian." Obviously there are plenty of general differences between the two church ...
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Did Karl Barth confess an orthodox doctrine of the Trinity?
Karl Barth (1886–1968) is considered noteworthy for allegedly "recovering the doctrine of the Trinity in the 20th century." He is considered a reformed theologian, but his views are generally not ...
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What churches identify themselves as being Modalist?
There are a number of denominations that are labeled as being Modalist, such as the United Pentecostals, and others associated with Oneness Pentecostalism whom subscribe to the nontrinitarian ...
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How do modalists understand the role of Jesus as mediator?
The Bible calls Jesus our mediator:
Christ Jesus is the one who died—more than that, who was raised—who is at the right hand of God, who indeed is interceding for us. (Romans 8:34, ESV)
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Was Modalism (or "modalistic language") ever considered to not contradict orthodox trinitarian beliefs?
I'm reading Pelikan's first volume of The Christian Tradition, a History of the Development of Doctrine.
In this section called "The New Prophecy" in chapter 2 (page 104 in my edition), Pelikan ...
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What is the Scriptural basis for Modalism?
We hear a lot at times about the godhead, so that got me wondering: what is the Scriptural basis for the Christian doctrine of Modalism?
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What are the Biblical arguments against modalism?
Modalism, or Sabellianism, is the belief that the three persons of the Trinity (God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit) are simply three "roles" or "modes" of the same person.
This view ...
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