For 10 points, name this opponent of the priest of Alexandria who affirmed the finite created nature of Christ.
He greatly opposed the belief that the Godhead is a monad, expressing itself in three operations: as Father, in creation; as Son, in redemption; and as Holy Spirit, in sanctification, a heresy known as Sabellianism. His powerful supporter Eusebius of Caesarea was excommunicated along with Theodotus of Laodicea and Narcissus of Neronias in Cilicia by the Council of Antioch. In the Thalia, he spread a message integrating Neoplatonism, which accented the absolute oneness of the divinity as the highest perfection, with a literal, rationalist approach to the New Testament texts. For 10 points, name this opponent of the priest of Alexandria who affirmed the finite created nature of Christ.
He greatly opposed the belief that the Godhead is a monad, expressing itself in three operations: as Father, in creation; as Son, in redemption; and as Holy Spirit, in sanctification, a heresy known as Sabellianism.
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