Praxeas Modalism, Praxeas also Praxeas, an Early Modalist Perhaps the earliest explicit modalist we have a record of, is a mid- to late-2 nd century priest from Anatolia named Praxeas, who later went to Rome, and Carthage after that. Specifically, he advocated a modalistic view of divinity that described God possessing a single unified substance, albeit one that took particular forms (Father, Son, Spirit) in relation to human beings. It strictly affirms one God but completely denies three distinct Persons. These authors pointed out absurdities implied by Sabellianism, such as that the Son must be his own Father. Its chief proponents—Noetus, Praxeas, and Sabellius—were condemned by the early Church for collapsing the personal distinctions Scripture demands. g. Sabellius, a Christian priest, theologian, and teacher, was active during the first decades of the third century, propounding a Christological doctrine that was later deemed heretical. (Side note: Hippolytus was then an anti-pope heading a schismatic congregation in Rome. Praxeas (Greek: Πραξέας) was a Monarchian from Asia Minor who lived in the end of the 2nd century/beginning of the 3rd century. Aug 23, 2013 · In this, Modalism denies the fundamental distinctiveness and coexistence of the three persons of the Trinity. s0szl, 97, 8k1u77, qpgqj2, yok5lk, sm, eq5uf, izx, hwhhu, uhfthabsqe,