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Webster 1913 Edition

Sabellian

Sa-bel′li-an

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Adj.
Pertaining to the doctrines or tenets of Sabellius. See
Sabellian
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Noun.

Sa-bel′li-an

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Noun.
(Eccl. Hist.)
A follower of
Sabellius
, a presbyter of Ptolemais in the third century, who maintained that there is but one person in the Godhead, and that the Son and Holy Spirit are only different powers, operations, or offices of the one God the Father.

Webster 1828 Edition

Sabellian

SABELLIAN

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Adj.
Pertaining to the heresy of Sabellius.

SABELLIAN

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Noun.
A follower of Sabellius, a philosopher of Egypt in the third century, who openly taught that there is one person only in the Godhead, and that the Word and Holy Spirit are only virtues, emanations or functions of the Deity.

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