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Are you a Modalistic Monarchianist? Huh?

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Andrei Rublev's Trinity, representing the Father, Son and Holy Spirit in a similar manner. (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) In our day, TD Jakes is a well known pentecostal speaker, and he is also member of the Oneness Pentecostals  who embrace Modalistic Monarchianism . What does this mean? The  Jehovah’s Witnesses subscribe to Arianism, a movement that is a later development of Dynamic Monarchianism . It is important to have a good understanding of church history so that we might not be caught off guard by old errors. Modalistic Monarchianism. Regarding the nature of God , we err when we emphasize the oneness of His essence over the threeness of His person, and vice versa. As the early church attempted to understand what the Bible says about our triune Creator, many heretics so emphasized His unity that they were unable to do justice to the distinction between Father, Son, and Holy Spirit . This was true of Sabellius , who caused problems for the church in the late second