Thread: Ancient Monarchians and Trinitarians
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Old 08-31-2007, 09:18 PM
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Originally Posted by BobDylan View Post
Which concept of the Godhead was older? Who were the first writing monarchian teachers, and who were the first writing trinitarian teachers? What does this say for the veracity of modern concepts on the Godhead?
Well you know, with the thing about Justin, it seems that one can refer to Monarchians or Modalist monarchaisn and Trinitarians, but literary speaking it does not seem there was any full developed doctrine that resembles either exactly until later.

BTW I have heard refer to Modalist Monarchism as a Trinitarian heresy and then there is Economic Trinitarianism. In fact there were many Trinitarian heresies throughout the centuries. Nestorius was a Trinitarian. The Monophysite controversy was Trinitiarian as far as still seeing three persons in the godhead
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