The second wave of monarchianism was entitled “modalistic monarchianism.” This saw The Father and the Son as one and implied that the Father suffered on the cross. However, this view, which was originally propagated by Noetus, contradicted another thought from Greek philosophy—impassibility. This view, in turn, created a new term “patripassianism,” which meant “Father suffering.” This seemed ridiculous to the Greeks, for their gods could not suffer. However, to the Jewish thought that Justin tried to reconcile it was plausible; for their Scriptures already indicated a God who would suffer for and with His people.
