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Paul of Samosata (səmŏs`ətə), fl. 260–72, Syrian Christian theologian, heretical patriarch of Antioch. He was a friend and high official of Zenobia Zenobia (zĭnō`bēə), d. after 272, queen of Palmyra . She was of Arab stock and was the wife of Septimius Odenathus .
..... Click the link for more information. of Palmyra. Paul enounced a dynamic monarchianism monarchianism (mōnär`kēənĭzəm) [Gr.
..... Click the link for more information. , denying the three Persons of the Trinity. He taught that the Logos came to dwell in Jesus at baptism, but that Jesus possessed no extraordinary nature above other men, the Logos being entirely an attribute of God. Paul was repeatedly challenged and finally excommunicated (269), but he continued to function as bishop under Zenobia's protection until the Romans took Palmyra (272). Arius may have been his pupil and his influence on Nestorius was considerable, but his connection with the Paulicians Paulicians (pôlĭsh`ənz), Christian heretical sect.
..... Click the link for more information. is disputed. See adoptionism adoptionism, Christian heresy taught in Spain after 782 by Elipandus, archbishop of Toledo, and Felix, bishop of Urgel (Seo de Urgel). They held that Jesus at the time of his birth was purely human and only became the divine Son of God by adoption when he was
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