Protestants who adhere to the Nicene Creed believe
in three persons (God the Father, God the Son, and the God the Holy Spirit) as one God
. Movements emerging around the time of the Protestant Reformation, but not a part of Protestantism, e.g. Unitarianism also reject the Trinity.
Do all Christians accept the Trinity?
The Trinity is a controversial doctrine;
many Christians admit they don’t understand it
, while many more Christians don’t understand it but think they do. In fact, although they’d be horrified to hear it, many Christians sometimes behave as if they believe in three Gods and at other times as if they believe in one.
Do all Christians believe in the Trinity?
The doctrine of the Trinity, as held in mainstream Christianity,
is not present in the
other major Abrahamic religions.
Does the Bible actually mention the Trinity?
Neither the word “Trinity” nor the explicit doctrine appears in
the New Testament, nor did Jesus and his followers intend to contradict the Shema in the Hebrew Scriptures: “Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God is one Lord” (Deuteronomy 6:4).
What type of Christians believe in the Trinity?
In the Athanasian Creed, early Christians declared the importance of this doctrine in no uncertain terms, stating up front, “Whomever will be saved, before all else must hold the
catholic
faith…and the catholic faith is this: that we worship one God in Trinity, and Trinity in unity.” For these believers, Trinitarian …
What religion believes in God but not Jesus?
Unitarian Christology
can be divided according to whether or not Jesus is believed to have had a pre-human existence. Both forms maintain that God is one being and one “person” and that Jesus is the (or a) Son of God, but generally not God himself.
Why is the Trinity important to Christianity?
The doctrine of the Trinity is one of the most difficult ideas in Christianity, but it’s fundamental to Christians because it:
states what Christians believe God is like and who he is
.
plays a central part in Christians’ worship of an “unobjectifiable and incomprehensible God”
Is God the Father and God the Son the same?
God the Father is a title given to God in various religions, most prominently in Christianity. In mainstream trinitarian Christianity, God the Father is regarded as the first person of the Trinity, followed by the second person, God the Son (
Jesus Christ
), and the third person, God the Holy Spirit.
What Scripture says that Jesus is God?
John 1:1, 3, 14, 17, 18
“In the beginning was the Word; the Word was in God’s presence and the Word was God…. Through him all things came into being, and apart from him nothing came to be….
Why do some Christians not believe in Trinity?
The Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition) states: “to some Christians the doctrine of the Trinity appeared inconsistent with the unity of God. …
they therefore denied it
, and accepted Jesus Christ, not as incarnate God, but as God’s highest creature by whom all else was created. …
What is the true religion of Jesus?
He is the central figure of
Christianity
, the world’s largest religion. Most Christians believe he is the incarnation of God the Son and the awaited messiah (the Christ), prophesied in the Old Testament.
Do Pentecostals believe Jesus is God?
Whereas most Pentecostals and Evangelical Protestants believe that
only faith in Jesus Christ is the essential element for salvation
, Oneness Pentecostals believe that salvation is by grace through faith, and that “true” faith leads to repentance, full-submersion water baptism in the name of Jesus Christ, and baptism …
Do Jehovah Witnesses believe in the resurrection of Jesus?
What do Jehovah’s Witnesses Believe? Witnesses believe in one God, not the Trinity. Like most Christians, they believe that Jesus Christ died for humankind’s sins, however they do not believe that he was physically resurrected after his crucifixion. They
believe that he was only spiritually resurrected
.
Who is the most famous atheist?
- Mikhail Bakunin.
- Jean Baudrillard.
- Albert Camus.
- Richard Dawkins.
- Daniel Dennett.
- Ludwig Feuerbach.
- Sam Harris.
- Christopher Hitchens.
Is it a sin to not believe in God?
The issue for those who do not believe in God is
to obey their conscience
. “Sin, even for those who have no faith, exists when people disobey their conscience.”
