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Noetus

Also known as Noetus of Smyrna

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  • born. 2th centurylow · Wikidata P569

Teacher from Smyrna, opposed by Hippolytus, who held that the Father himself was born and suffered (patripassianism).

Wikipedia extract

Noetus was a presbyter of the church of Asia Minor about AD 230. He was a native of Smyrna, where he became a prominent representative of the particular type of Christology now called modalistic monarchianism or patripassianism.

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  • Noetus · Wikipedia contributorsAccessed 2026-11-12 · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Wikidata Q1935753 · Wikidata contributorsAccessed 2026-11-12 · CC0 1.0

Authority files

monarchians · modalism · 2nd-century

Noetus · DeChurched Atlas