Praxeas

early Christian priest

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Praxeas was an early Christian priest from Asia Minor who taught in Rome around 206 AD. He was a proponent of Modalistic Monarchianism, a theological view that emphasized the sole deity of God the Father and opposed the idea of a distinct, personal subsistence of the Logos. This perspective held that terms like "Father" and "Son" were merely different designations for the same divine being, reflecting different roles or manifestations of God rather than separate persons within the Godhead. This view was opposed by theologians like Tertullian, who defended the doctrine of the Trinity. Followers of Praxeas are known as Praxeans.12

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” It was taught by Praxeas, a priest from Asia Minor, in Rome about 206 and was opposed by Tertullian in the tract Adversus Praxean (c. 213), an important contribution to the doctrine of the Trinity.
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” It was taught by Praxeas, a priest from Asia Minor, in Rome about 206 and was opposed by Tertullian in the tract Adversus Praxean (c. 213), an important contribution to the doctrine of the Trinity.
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