See Also: Patripassian(dictionary)

Belgae (sh) and Patripassian (iou)


Belgae (sh)




Inhabitants of Gaul north of the Sequana (Seine) and Matrona (Marne) rivers.

The term was apparently first applied by Julius Caesar, whose Gallic victories (54-51 BC) sent many Belgae into Britain, where they formed kingdoms, the most important of which were at Camulodunum (Colchester), Verulamium (St. Albans), and Calleva Atrebatum (Silchester).


Patripassian (iou)



Patripassian noun & adjective. L16.
[ecclesiastical Latin patripassianus, from patr-, pater father + passus having suffered: see PASSION noun, -IAN.]
Ecclesiastical History.
A. noun. A person who believes that God the Father suffered on the Cross in the person of the Son (a heresy of the 3rd cent.). L16.
b. adjective. Belonging to, or involving the doctrine of, the Patripassians. E18.
patripassianism noun the doctrine of the Patripassians M19.