Spirit-fighters

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Spirit-fighters were early Christian heretics who denied or diminished the divinity and personhood of the Holy Spirit, opposing the orthodox Trinitarian doctrine.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Spirit-fighters canonical 1

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Statements (25)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian heretical movement ⓘ
theological position ⓘ
classifiedAs pneumatomachian heresy ⓘ
concerns status of the Holy Spirit in the Godhead ⓘ
contradicts Nicene-Constantinopolitan Creed ⓘ
linked to: Nicene Creed

consubstantiality of the Holy Spirit with the Father and the Son ⓘ
denies full divinity of the Holy Spirit ⓘ
full personhood of the Holy Spirit ⓘ
evaluatedAs heterodox in mainstream Christian theology ⓘ
focusesOnDoctrineOf Holy Spirit ⓘ
linked to: God the Holy Spirit

Trinity ⓘ
hasDoctrinalErrorType anti-Trinitarianism ⓘ
pneumatological error ⓘ
hasTheologicalView the Holy Spirit is not a distinct divine person ⓘ
the Holy Spirit is not fully God ⓘ
historicalPeriod early Christianity ⓘ
languageOfName English ⓘ
nameRefersTo those who fight against the Spirit ⓘ
opposesDoctrine Nicene understanding of the Trinity ⓘ
orthodox Trinitarian doctrine ⓘ
regardedAs heretics by orthodox Christian theologians ⓘ
relatedConcept Trinitarian controversies ⓘ
pneumatomachians ⓘ
linked to: Pneumatomachians
religiousTradition Christianity ⓘ
viewedBy orthodox Christians as undermining the Trinity ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Pneumatomachianism → alsoKnownAs → Spirit-fighters ⓘ