Page "Patripassianism" Paragraph 5

Because the writings of Sabellius were destroyed it is hard to know if he did actually believe in Patripassianism but one early version of the Apostles ' Creed, recorded by Rufinus, explicitly states that the Father is ' impassible.

' This reading dates to about 390 AD.

This addition was made in response to patripassianism, which Rufinus evidently regarded as a heresy.