I asked a friend of mine with a better knowledge of church history about your claims.
He said:
There have been bishops that held to problematic views historically. But his claim seems off, not only is he referring to a time prior to much trinitarian debate in the first place; but he’s referring explicitly to a view that is seemingly of much later development.
And to clarify, just because an author references “the monarchal role of the Father” does not mean they supported the onness view. That sort of analogy was frequently used to draw explanation for the role of the Father in comparison to the Son and the Spirit.
Origen would be the best example of this early on.
He certainly was not a modalist.
And his reference to Pope Callixtus as one is blatantly false.
Here’s why
Early scholarship often referred to modalism as “Sabellianism” in reference to the first theologian to bring the view to prominence: Sabellius
Early 3rd century
He was excommunicated by the Church of Rome during the papacy of Callixtus I
For his views on the Trinity
Tertullian also made an enemy of the papacy late in life for his support of Montanism
So is the reference authentic idk
But based on what I’m looming at it seems it wouldn’t really mean much.
At any rate, I have no confidence in Oneness Pentecostal scholars having any coherent understanding of church history. This is one of the areas that cultists fail miserably at, and that's why they believe the nonsense they believe.
He said:
There have been bishops that held to problematic views historically. But his claim seems off, not only is he referring to a time prior to much trinitarian debate in the first place; but he’s referring explicitly to a view that is seemingly of much later development.
And to clarify, just because an author references “the monarchal role of the Father” does not mean they supported the onness view. That sort of analogy was frequently used to draw explanation for the role of the Father in comparison to the Son and the Spirit.
Origen would be the best example of this early on.
He certainly was not a modalist.
And his reference to Pope Callixtus as one is blatantly false.
Here’s why
Early scholarship often referred to modalism as “Sabellianism” in reference to the first theologian to bring the view to prominence: Sabellius
Early 3rd century
He was excommunicated by the Church of Rome during the papacy of Callixtus I
For his views on the Trinity
Tertullian also made an enemy of the papacy late in life for his support of Montanism
So is the reference authentic idk
But based on what I’m looming at it seems it wouldn’t really mean much.
At any rate, I have no confidence in Oneness Pentecostal scholars having any coherent understanding of church history. This is one of the areas that cultists fail miserably at, and that's why they believe the nonsense they believe.