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	:: The early Christians were quick to spot new heresies. In the third century, Sabellius, a Libyan priest who was staying at Rome, invented a new one. He claimed there is '''only one person in the Godhead,''' so that the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit are all one person with different "offices," rather than three persons who are one being in the Godhead, as the orthodox position holds.		:: The early Christians were quick to spot new heresies. In the third century, Sabellius, a Libyan priest who was staying at Rome, invented a new one. He claimed there is '''only one person in the Godhead,''' so that the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit are all one person with different "offices," rather than three persons who are one being in the Godhead, as the orthodox position holds.

	:: Of course, people immediately recognized that ~~Sabelliusâ€™s~~ teaching contradicted the historic faith of the Church, and he was quickly excommunicated. His heresy became known as '''Sabellianism,''' '''Modalism,''' and '''Patripassianism.''' It was called Sabellianism after its founder, Modalism after the three modes or roles which it claimed the one person of the Trinity occupied, and Patripassianism after its implication that the person of the Father (Pater-) suffered (-passion) on the cross when Jesus died.		:: Of course, people immediately recognized that Sabellius's teaching contradicted the historic faith of the Church, and he was quickly excommunicated. His heresy became known as '''Sabellianism,''' '''Modalism,''' and '''Patripassianism.''' It was called Sabellianism after its founder, Modalism after the three modes or roles which it claimed the one person of the Trinity occupied, and Patripassianism after its implication that the person of the Father (Pater-) suffered (-passion) on the cross when Jesus died.

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	The teaching that there is only one Person in God who has three modes or roles. The one Person acts as the Father, the Son, and the Spirit.		The teaching that there is only one Person in God who has three modes or roles. The one Person acts as the Father, the Son, and the Spirit.

			:; [http://www.catholic.com/tracts/god-in-three-persons "God in Three Persons."]

			:: The early Christians were quick to spot new heresies. In the third century, Sabellius, a Libyan priest who was staying at Rome, invented a new one. He claimed there is '''only one person in the Godhead,''' so that the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit are all one person with different "offices," rather than three persons who are one being in the Godhead, as the orthodox position holds.

			:: Of course, people immediately recognized that Sabelliusâ€™s teaching contradicted the historic faith of the Church, and he was quickly excommunicated. His heresy became known as '''Sabellianism,''' '''Modalism,''' and '''Patripassianism.''' It was called Sabellianism after its founder, Modalism after the three modes or roles which it claimed the one person of the Trinity occupied, and Patripassianism after its implication that the person of the Father (Pater-) suffered (-passion) on the cross when Jesus died.

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The teaching that there is only one Person in God who has three modes or roles. The one Person acts as the Father, the Son, and the Spirit.

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