Indeed, we are not really sure the researches were sabellian.
"Somehow Good"
William de Morgan
We will venture to say, that there has never yet been a definition of the Trinity which has not been either Tritheistic or Modalistic; and Church Orthodoxy has always stood either on Tritheistic or on sabellian ground.
"Orthodoxy: Its Truths And Errors"
James Freeman Clarke
The analogies which are used to explain the Trinity are all either sabellian or Tritheistic.
"Orthodoxy: Its Truths And Errors"
James Freeman Clarke