- monarchianism by Chloe Palmer
... from God at a later time (see adoptionism ). Modalistic monarchians taught that God is unknowable, except for his manifestations, or modes; Christ is one of these. Because of the consequent implication that God the Father must have died on the cross, they were called Patripassians . Sabellius fully developed modalism.
- Paul of Samosata by Stephen Burke
... until the Romans took Palmyra (272). Arius may have been his pupil and his influence on Nestorius was considerable, but his connection with the Paulicians is disputed. See adoptionism.
- Alcuin by Emily Little
... much to defeat the heresy of adoptionism. He died as head of the abbey of St. Martin of Tours, where he had one of his most famous schools.BibliographySee studies by E. J. B. Gaskoin (1904), E. Duckett (1951, repr. 1965), and G. Ellard (1956).
- Paulicians by Annabelle Page
... the adherents leaned toward adoptionism. The sect especially valued the Gospel of Luke and the Pauline Epistles. They rejected the sacraments but nevertheless considered baptism of the greatest importance. They were iconoclasts and rejected extreme asceticism. By the 7th cent. The sect spread to the eastern provinces of the Byzantine Empire, where it met with strong ...
- Cathari by Devon Gilbert
... monarchianism in the West and adoptionism in the East. Persecution, such as that by the Inquisition, and the efforts of popes like Innocent III destroyed Catharism by the 15th cent.BibliographySee J. Madaule, The Albigensian Crusade. (tr. 1967); J. R. Strayer, The Albigensian Crusades. (1971); S. O'Shea, The Perfect Heresy. (2000).