Definition of unitarianism Unitarianism

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What does unitarianism mean?

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unitarianism - Christian doctrine that stresses individual freedom of belief and rejects the Trinity

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unitarianism (Noun)
The belief in a single God, not divided into any aspects, particularly when presented as a contrast to Christian trinitarianism.

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unitarianism (n.)
The doctrines of Unitarians.

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Unitarianism is a term that describes some forms of Christianity. Unitarianism can be described as the belief that God has one personality. This is different form what most other Christians think, called Trinitarianism. Unitarian Christians believe in Jesus of Nazareth. They think that Jesus was a great leader and prophet, but they generally do not think that Jesus is part of God himself.

Jesus existed before his human life.

The "Son of God" is a being that existed before Jesus' human life. It is called the Logos who dwelt with God in the beginning and then was born as the man Jesus. However, he is not eternal, but had a beginning of existence. God created him. This theology is commonly called Arianism, but there are many varieties of this form of Unitarianism. They range from the belief that the Son, before he came to earth, was a divine spirit of the same nature as God to the belief that he was an angel or other lesser spirit creature of a wholly different nature from God. Arius' views are only one variation of this theology.

Whatever the case, in this belief system, Jesus is beneath God, but higher than humans (and has always been so). This concept could be referred to as "elevated subordinationism." It is associated with early church figures such as Justin Martyr, Lucian of Antioch, Eusebius of Caesarea, Arius, Eusebius of Nicomedia, Asterius the Sophist, Eunomius, and Ulfilas, as well as Felix, Bishop of Urgel and others who believed that Jesus was God in his divine natu