[ Huiopator ]

 THIS word is made the symbol of the Noetians or Sabellians by both Catholics and Arians, as if their doctrine involved or avowed Patripassianism, or that the Father suffered. Without entering upon the controversy on the subject raised by Beausobre (Hist. Manich. iii. 6, § 7, etc.), Mosheim (Ant. Constant. sæc. ii. § 68, iii. 32), and Lardner (Cred. part ii. ch. 41), we may refer to the following passages for the use of the term. It is ascribed to Sabellius, Ammon. in Caten. Joan. i. 1, p. 14; to Sabellius and perhaps Marcellus, Euseb. Eccl. Theol. ii. 5; to Marcellus, Cyr. Hier. Catech. xv. 9, also iv. 8, xi. 16; to Sabellians, Athan. Expos. F. 2, and 7 Can. Constant. and Greg. Nyssen. contr. Eun. xii. p. 305; to certain heretics, Cyril Alex. in Joann. v. 31, p. 243; Epiph. Hær. 73, 11 fin.; to Praxeas and Montanus, Mar. Merc. p. 128; to Sabellius, Cæsar. Dial. i. p. 550; to Noetus, Damasc. Hær. 57.

 [ autos heautou pater ] is used by Athan. Orat. iv. § 2. also vid. Hipp. contr. Noet. 7. Euseb. in Marc. pp. 42, 61, 106, 119, [ huion heautou ginesthai ]. supr. Orat. iii. 4 init. "Ipsum sibi patrem," etc. Auct. Præd. (ap. Sirmond. Opp. t. i. p. 278, ed. Ven.) Mar. Merc. t. 2, p. 128, ed. 1673 as above. Greg. Boet. (ap. Worm. Hist. Sabell. p. 17.) Consult Zach. et Apoll. ii. 11 (ap. Dach. Spicil. t. i. p. 25). Porphyry uses [ autopator ], but by a strong figure, Cyril. contr. Julian. i. p. 32. vid. Epiphan. in answer to Aetius on this subject, Hær. 76, p. 937. It must be observed that several Catholic Fathers seem to countenance such expressions, as Zeno Ver. and Marius Vict., not to say S. Hilary and S. Augustine. vid. Thomassin de Trin. 9. For [ huiopator ], add to the above references, Nestor. Serm. 12. ap. Mar. Merc. t. 2, p. 87. and Ep. ad Martyr. ap. Bevereg. Synod. t. 2. Not. p. 100.