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Philoponists

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

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a sect of Tritheists in the 6th cenrtury, named after a famous Alexandrian grammarian. Nature and hypostasis, he affirmed, were identical unity not being something real, but only a generic term, according to the Aristotelian logic. (See PHILOPONUS).

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McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Philoponists'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​tce/​p/philoponists.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
 
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