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Nontrinitarianism (or antitrinitarianism) refers to monotheistic belief systems, primarily within Christianity, which reject the mainstream Christian doctrine of the Trinity, namely, the teaching that God is three distinct hypostases or persons who are coeternal, coequal, and indivisibly united in one being or ousia.
According to churches that consider ecumenical council decisions final, trinitarianism was definitively declared to be Christian doctrine at the 4th-century ecumenical councils, that of the First Council of Nicaea (325), which declared the full divinity of the Son, and the First Council of Constantinople (381), which declared the divinity of the Holy Spirit.
In terms of number of adherents, nontrinitarian denominations comprise only a small minority of modern Christianity. By far the two largest nontrinitarian denominations are The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ("Mormons") and the Jehovah's Witnesses, though there are a number of other smaller ones, including the Christadelphians, Christian Scientists, Dawn Bible Students, Friends General Conference, Iglesia ni Cristo, Living Church of God, Oneness Pentecostals, Members Church of God International, Unitarian Universalist Christians, The Way International, The Church of God International and the United Church of God.
When Jesus says he is the Son of Man or the Son of God, he is not claiming equality with the Father. Just because Jesus claimed ONENESS with the Father does not make him the Almighty God. The unity between the Father and the Son is clear throughout the New Testament. Jesus prays that we also be One just as he and the Father are One. Oneness in spirit, in purpose. The Son was eternally begotten. He is seperate from the Father in being, not essence. Jesus is the reflection of God, he is the exact representation of his being. He was a absolutely perfect human and he sits at God's right hand making intercession for the saints (believers). For more information see wikipedia.com and look under "nontrinitarian" or "non-trinitarian" as well as "Council of Nicene" and "Arian controvers...
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Disclaimer:I'm not supporting Ehrman or even the nontrinitarians who had the majority position at certain points in history.There are certainly differing views within the nontrinitarian community about who exactly Christ was.I'm also not suggesting the Early Church Fathers mentioned in the video weren't Christians just because they didn't have every belief accurate. I have a whole playlist called "Dear Christians against the Watchtower" where this video will go if you're interested in more of this type of stuff.
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Nontrinitarianism refers to belief systems within Christianity which reject the mainstream Christian doctrine of the Trinity, namely, the teaching that God is three distinct hypostases or persons who are coeternal, coequal, and indivisibly united in one being or ousia.Certain groups emerging during the Protestant Reformation have historically been known as antitrinitarian.According to churches that consider the decisions of ecumenical councils final, Trinitarianism was definitively declared to be Christian doctrine at the 4th-century ecumenical councils, that of the First Council of Nicaea , which declared the full divinity of the Son, and the First Council of Constantinople , which declared the divinity of the Holy Spirit.In terms of number of adherents, nontrinitarian denominations compr...
Abdal Hakim Murad recounts history of Muslim encounter with early Christian sects many of which were non-trinitarian. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nontrinitarianism To watch more of this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mv_wKR9hoK4&feature;=mfu_in_order&list;=UL
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We are going to have a discussion about what the Bible teaches about the nature of God as regards the Trinity, the person of Jesus Christ, and the Holy Spirit.