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One of a body of believers in the early church who denied the independent preexistent personality of Christ, and who, accordingly, held that the Father suffered in the Son; a monarchian.

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  1. n. One of a body of believers in the early church who denied the independent preexistent personality of Christ, and who, accordingly, held that the Father suffered in the Son; a monarchian.
  2. One of a body of believers in the early church who denied the independent preëxistent personality of Christ, and who, accordingly, held that the Father suffered in the Son; a monarchian. -- Pa`tri*pas"sian*ism, n.
  3. One of a body of believers in the early church who denied theindependent preëxistent personality of Christ, and who, accordingly,held that the Father suffered in the Son; a monarchian.-- Pa`tri*pas"sian*ism, n.