Modalism is the idea that Father, Son and Holy Spirit are not three distinct persons—hypostaseis—but merely three distinct modes of revelation or manifestations of the single person who is God. In this view, God is by nature a simple being with no internal distinctions. Modalism begins with the truth of monotheism and then attempts to fit the revelation of Father, Son and Holy Spirit into that without seriously adjusting classical monotheism. According to it, the “persons” of Father, Son and Holy Spirit are merely masks worn by God—as a single actor in Greek theater played more than one role
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