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Tetratheism

//tɛ.tɹəˈθi.ɪzəm// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A belief in four gods. uncountable
  2. 2
    The belief that there are four elements in the Christian Godhead—the three hypostases (Father, Son, Holy Spirit) of the Trinity and a divine essence out of which each of these originates. uncountable

    "[…] "consubstantial Trinity" could have been a reaction against the supposed heresy of […] Damian […] who was accused of "tetratheism" (or "tetradism", distinguishing four different entities in the Godhead), a response to, but as it seems a variant of, the very influential "tritheism" of John Philoponus (distinguishing three Deities in the Trinity) […]"

Etymology

From tetra- + theism.

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