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No such first-order theory exists. Suppose T axiomatized the Heyting algebras having only finitely many regular elements. Expand the language by constants cn​ and add
¬¬cn​=cn​,cn​=cm​(n=m).
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Every finite subset has a model: take a sufficiently large finite Boolean algebra, in which every element is regular. By the compactness theorem, the entire expanded theory has a model. Its reduct is a model of T with infinitely many distinct regular elements, contradicting the proposed axiomatization.

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