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From this, two distinct forms of monarchianism developed: | From this, two distinct forms of monarchianism developed: | ||
:1. Adoptionist, or dynamic monarchianism, which understood Jesus as merely a prophet filled with the Spirit and thus “adopted” by God; and | :1. Adoptionist, or [[Dynamic Monarchianism|dynamic monarchianism]], which understood Jesus as merely a prophet filled with the Spirit and thus “adopted” by God; and | ||
:2. Modalism (modalistic monarchianism or Sabellianism), which viewed Jesus as one of the modes through which the one God reveals himself to us.<ref>Stanley Grenz, David Guretzki and Cherith Fee Nordling, Pocket Dictionary of Theological Terms, 80 (Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 1999).</ref> | :2. Modalism (modalistic monarchianism or Sabellianism), which viewed Jesus as one of the modes through which the one God reveals himself to us.<ref>Stanley Grenz, David Guretzki and Cherith Fee Nordling, Pocket Dictionary of Theological Terms, 80 (Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 1999).</ref> |