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  Nontrinitarianism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Nontrinitarianism or (the Roman Catholic term) Antitrinitarianism, is the doctrine that rejects the Trinitarian doctrine that God subsists as three distinct persons in the single substance of the Holy Trinity.
It is sometimes claimed by nontrinitarian groups, especially anti-catholic ones, that the doctrine of the Trinity was 'invented' by the Roman Catholic church.
Many nontrinitarians have long contended that the doctrine of the Trinity is a prime example of Christianity borrowing from pagan sources.
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 Trinity - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
However a number of nontrinitarian groups, both throughout history and today, identify themselves as Christians but reject the doctrine of the Trinity in any form, arguing that theirs was the original pre-Nicean understanding.
Nontrinitarian Christians have long contended that the doctrine of the Trinity is a prime example of Christian borrowing from pagan sources.
Nontrinitarians assert that Catholics must have recognized the pagan roots of the trinity, because the allegation of borrowing was raised by some disputants during the time that the Nicene doctrine was being formalized and adopted by the bishops.
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 Science Fair Projects - Nontrinitarianism
Nontrinitarians claim the roots of their position go back further than those of their counterpart trinitarians.
Hence, beginning with the Constantinian period, they allege, these pagan ideas were forcibly imposed on the churches as Catholic doctrine rooted firmly in the soil of Hellenism.
Although most nontrinitarians identify themselves as Christian, many trinitarians disagree that nontrinitarians are Christian.
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 Nontrinitarianism: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Nontrinitarianism or antitrinitarianism is the doctrinal description applied to rejection of the Trinitarian Adherent of Trinitarianism
Though modern nontrinitarian groups all reject the doctrine of the Trinity, their views still differ widely on the nature of God, Jesus A teacher and prophet born in Bethlehem and active in Nazareth; his life and sermons form the basis for Christianity (circa 4 BC - AD 29)
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 Nontrinitarianism   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
It is sometimes claimed by nontrinitarian groups, especially anti-catholic ones, that the doctrine of the Trinity was invented by the Catholic church.
The nature of the dispute tends to revolve chiefly around the issues of whether belief in Jesus as a distinct personage still reveres Jesus as divine and whether this belief can confer salvation.
Nontrinitarians point out that John 3:16 says nothing about belief in the Trinity.
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 Trinity Online Research :: Information about Trinity   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
However a number of Nontrinitarianism groups, both throughout history and today, identify themselves as Christians but reject the doctrine of the Trinity in any form, arguing that theirs was the original pre-Nicean understanding.
After the death of the Apostle, many nontrinitarians contend that these pagan beliefs began to invade Christianity.
Nontrinitarian assert that Catholics must have recognized the pagan roots of the trinity, because the allegation of borrowing was raised by some disputants during the time that the Nicene doctrine was being formalized and adopted by the bishops.
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 Trinity - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Thus he is both God and man, who became "lower than the angels, for our sake" (Hebrews 2:6-8, Pslam 8:4-6) and who was tempted as humans are tempted, but he did not sin (Hebrews 4:14-16).
In response, some Nontrinitarians counter the argument that he was limited only while in human form with 1 Cor 11:3 ("the head of Christ [is] God" [KJV]), written around 55 CE after Jesus had returned to Heaven, thus he was still in an inferior relation to the Father.
Additionally, they refer to Acts 5:31 and Phil 2:9 as Jesus being exalted after ascension to Heaven; Heb 9:24, Acts 7:55, 1 Cor 15:24, 28 refer to Jesus as a distinct personality in Heaven, all after his ascension [2].
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Some ancient sects, such as the Ebionites, said that Jesus was not a "Son of God", but rather an ordinary man who was a prophet – a view of Jesus shared by Islam.
Some nontrinitarians teach that in the cases that it does seem to denote plurality, a good understanding of Hebrew grammatical features will generally dispel this notion.
As in similar theological disputes, few are cross-persuaded and tend as a rule to cling to the convictions they received within their own upbringings.
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 FWB Net - Wordbook   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
These include The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, the Jehovah's Witnesses, the Christadelphians, the Living Church of God, Christian Scientists, the Unification Church, American Unitarian Conference, Branhamists, Frankists, Oneness Pentecostals and the splinter groups of Armstrongism, among others.
A simpler idea of God was supposedly lost very early in the history of the Church, through accommodation to pagan ideas, and the incomprehensible doctrine of the Trinity took its place.
Nontrinitarians allege that Catholics must have recognized the pagan roots of the trinity, because the allegation of borrowing was raised by some disputants during the time that the Nicene doctrine was being formalized and adopted by the bishops.
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 Trinity - Christianity Knowledge Base
These include The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, the Jehovah's Witnesses, the Christadelphians, the Living Church of God, Christian Scientists, the Unification Church, the Christian Unitarians, Branhamists, Frankists, Oneness Pentecostals, Iglesia ni Cristo and the splinter groups of Armstrongism, among others.
Thus he is both God and man, who became "lower than the angels, for our sake" (Hebrews 2:6-8, Psalm 8:4-6) and who was tempted as humans are tempted, but he did not sin (Hebrews 4:14-16).
Additionally, they refer to Acts 5:31 and Phil 2:9 as Jesus being exalted after ascension to Heaven; Heb 9:24, Acts 7:55, 1 Cor 15:24, 28 refer to Jesus as a distinct personality in Heaven, all after his ascension [4].
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 Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
The Church has been a subject of controversy because some of its doctrines and practices are unique within modern Christianity.
Despite being a Jesus-centered religion, the Church often is not considered by traditional Christians to be Christian due to its nontrinitarianism.
It is for this reason that the Roman Catholic Church, Presbyterian Church USA, and United Methodist Church practice rebaptism of converts.
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 Christadelphians (christadelphians info)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
The Christadelphians are a nontrinitarian religious denomination holding a theology at variance with mainstream Christianity.
Although their current name developed in Britain and North America in the 19th century, they claim a long line of believers, going back to Apostolic times, who have always been committed to upholding the purity of the gospel as understood by the original Apostles.
The type of text printed in this edition and in those of Erasmus became known as the Textus Receptus (Latin for "received text"), a name given to it in the Elzevier edition of
  
 Filioque clause - QuickSeek Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
On the other hand, while the New Testament teaches that there is a connection between the Son and the Spirit, the divinity of the Son and the Spirit may not be entirely clear from Scripture alone.
Many theologians historically have been unconvinced by the texts, and readily quoted the Scripture in defense of their denials of the Trinity, see Nontrinitarianism.
For this reason, over the years, creeds, decrees, hymns, and prayers have been formulated, in order to clarify, defend, and make explicit this doctrine.
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 Unitarian Universalism [Archive] - jolt.co.uk public forums   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
20-06-2003, 5:05 PM Actually, I'd daresay that in spite of the relatively small size of the Unitarian Universalist denomination and separate Unitarian and Universalist groups, the original reasons for their respective splits (universal salvation and nontrinitarianism, to rephrase slightly) have been adopted widely by people who are not familiar with UUs at all.
20-06-2003, 5:06 PM Actually, I'd daresay that in spite of the relatively small size of the Unitarian Universalist denomination and separate Unitarian and Universalist groups, the original reasons for their respective splits (universal salvation and nontrinitarianism, to rephrase slightly) have been adopted widely by people who are not familiar with UUs at all.
20-06-2003, 5:09 PM Actually, I'd daresay that in spite of the relatively small size of the Unitarian Universalist denomination and separate Unitarian and Universalist groups, the original reasons for their respective splits (universal salvation and nontrinitarianism, to rephrase slightly) have been adopted widely by people who are not familiar with UUs at all.
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 The Sardis Church Era
I should probably add that in 1860 the group opposing the name Seventh Day Adventist became known as the Church of God (Seventh Day), though sadly some of Roswell Cottrell's descendants decided to become Seventh Day Adventists (and also SDBs) and not hold to all the historic COG teachings.
According to A.N. Dugger, there are three unique doctrines that separated the COGs from the Protestant sects: The observance of the seventh day Sabbath, nontrinitarianism, and teaching against the doctrine of the immortality of the soul.
According to A.N. Dugger, only the COGs held ALL three of those doctrines.
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