binitarianism
English
Alternative forms
- Binitarianism
Etymology
binitarian + -ism
Noun
binitarianism (uncountable)
- (chiefly Christianity) The belief, particularly among some fringe Christian sects, that God is two personae (persons), two individuals, or two aspects in one Godhead (or God), these being God the Father and God the Son (Jesus Christ).
Usage notes
A historical example of binitarianism is those heretical sects that endorsed Macedonianism, also known as the Pneumatomachi, who did not see the Holy Spirit as God or at least equal to the Son and Father.
Related terms
Translations
belief
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See also
- bitheism
- deism
- ditheism
- duotheism
- henotheism
- monotheism
- polytheism
- quadrinitarianism
- septarianism
- septenarianism
- theism
- trinitarianism
- tritheism
- triunitarianism
- unitarianism
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