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Definition of modalism in English: modalismnoun ˈməʊd(ə)lɪz(ə)mˈmodlˌizəm mass noun1Theology The doctrine that the persons of the Trinity represent only three modes or aspects of the divine revelation, not distinct and coexisting parts of the divine nature. 〔神学〕模态说 Example sentencesExamples - According to modalism, God is one single entity, object, or substance, and each person of the Trinty is simply a mode or a ‘way in which the one divine substance manifests itself.’
- It should be done, however, in a way that does not lead to modalism.
- Or, to paraphrase what he was saying: this isn't about realism or anti-realism, it isn't about nominalism, nihilism, modalism, nor pluralism; it isn't about being a subjectivist or an objectivist.
- He uses metaphors and illustrations that confuse the persons of the Trinity and describes God's being as changing, over time, from one divine person to another (an idea known as modalism or patripassionism).
2Music The use of modal melodies and harmonies. 〔乐〕调式旋律与和声的运用 Example sentencesExamples - When taken to America, however, the form was enhanced by an injection of the modalism of folksong.
- The themes are more folk-influenced without being folky - the diatonicism and modalism of folk music, rather than actual tunes or attempts to write them.
Derivativesadjective & noun Plainly, then, the modalists did not mean that Father is interchangeable with Son in terminology. Example sentencesExamples - I am not sure whether the quality of thinking here rises to the level of the modalist heresy.
- Nonetheless, most models of the Trinity that have been proposed and defended have leaned in modalist or tritheistic directions.
- God, to the modalist, is not a Tri-Unity unto Himself, but only in his revelation to mankind.
- This is significant and if God meant it the way the modalists and the other heretics meant it, three definite articles would not have separated the three.
Definition of modalism in US English: modalismnounˈmodlˌizəm 1Theology The doctrine that the persons of the Trinity represent only three modes or aspects of the divine revelation, not distinct and coexisting persons in the divine nature. 〔神学〕模态说 Example sentencesExamples - According to modalism, God is one single entity, object, or substance, and each person of the Trinty is simply a mode or a ‘way in which the one divine substance manifests itself.’
- It should be done, however, in a way that does not lead to modalism.
- Or, to paraphrase what he was saying: this isn't about realism or anti-realism, it isn't about nominalism, nihilism, modalism, nor pluralism; it isn't about being a subjectivist or an objectivist.
- He uses metaphors and illustrations that confuse the persons of the Trinity and describes God's being as changing, over time, from one divine person to another (an idea known as modalism or patripassionism).
2Music The use of modal melodies and harmonies. 〔乐〕调式旋律与和声的运用 Example sentencesExamples - When taken to America, however, the form was enhanced by an injection of the modalism of folksong.
- The themes are more folk-influenced without being folky - the diatonicism and modalism of folk music, rather than actual tunes or attempts to write them.
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