Patripassianism
Proper noun
Meaning
Patripassianism
Monarchianism
Synonyms
Examples
Full-orbed patripassianism denies Trinitarian distinctions, yet it is not heretical to say that God "feels" or "experiences" things, including nonphysical forms of suffering.
In his treatise against Praxeas, who taught patripassianism in Rome, he used the words "trinity", "economy" (used in reference to the three persons), "persons", and "substance".
From this notion came the term " Patripassianism " for the movement, from the Latin words pater for "father", and passus from the verb "to suffer" because it implied that the Father suffered on the Cross.
It has also been rhetorically labeled Patripassianism (from Latin patri- "father" and passio "suffering") by its opponents, because according to them it purports that the Person of God the Heavenly Father suffered on the cross.
This directly opposes Patripassianism and the pre-existence of the Son as a pre-existent mode, which Sabellianism generally does not oppose.
This addition was made in response to patripassianism, which Rufinus evidently regarded as a heresy.