person
Sabellius
Also known as Sabellios
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- born. 2th centurylow · Wikidata P569
- died. 3th centurylow · Wikidata P570
Third-century teacher in Rome whose name became the label 'Sabellianism' for modalist theology.
Wikipedia extract
Sabellius was a third-century priest and theologian who most likely taught in Rome, but may have been a North African from Libya. Basil and others call him a Libyan from Pentapolis, but this seems to rest on the fact that Pentapolis was a place where the teachings of Sabellius thrived, according to Dionysius of Alexandria, c. 260. What is known of Sabellius is drawn mostly from the polemical writings of his opponents.
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- Sabellius · Wikipedia contributorsAccessed 2026-11-12 · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Wikidata Q447451 · Wikidata contributorsAccessed 2026-11-12 · CC0 1.0
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monarchians · modalism · 3rd-century