Category:Patripassian

Pa`tri*pas"sian, n. Etym: [ll. Patripassiani, pl.; L. pater father + Pati, passus, to suffer: cf. F. patripassiens.] (eccl. Hist.)

Defn: 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.