What are the 4 basic views of the Godhead in Christianity?

Question

I am not looking for why you believe or do not believe in the Trinity, as the Trinity as a whole only consists of 1/4 of the answer I am seeking.

Answer 1

The 4 basic views are
1. Strict Monotheism : God is one. No division. No persons.
2. Trinitarianism : 3 persons in one godhead. This can also be defined as tritheistic in certain circumstances, but on face value... stands as it is.
3. Binitarianism/dynamic monarchians : Son is subject to the Father, and a different person. Jesus is a created god.
and
4. Tritheism : Polytheism

Answer 2

In true Christianity, there are no "basic views" of the godhead. The trinity is not a Bible teaching. It is based on the man-made Athanasian Creed where it says that the Father, Son, and holy spirit are equal in substance, power, and eternity. No where in the Bible does it mention such a concept. The trinity did not become "official" church doctrine until sometime after the Council of Constantinople in 381 CE. That's over 300 years after Christianity was founded! Before that time, nobody had even heard of a "Christian trinity.

Answer 3

I know I believe that the Godhead are three distinct individuals, each in the form of a person. I believe that God and Christ have physical bodies, but that the Holy Ghost only has a spirit body right now.
There are those who probably believe similarly to me, except that they believe all three are spirit.
I know there are those who believe that God is something that is in all things and is something like a cloud that is everywhere and in everything.
And there are those who believe that the three are literally one physically.
There are probably other beliefs out there, too.

Answer 4

I never knew there were 4 views of the nature of God in Christianity. I only knew of two: Trinitarian and Godhead.

Catholics, Orthodox, and most Protestants believe in the traditional nature of God, as the Trinity.

The Godhead I've only heard of in Mormonism and the Jehovah's Witness' faith. In which I don't believe JW's even view Jesus as divine at all.

Now if you seperate it into who has a body and who doesn't, like Laurel did in her explication of her LDS (Mormon) faith, then I don't know what else there is.

Answer 5

If you're asking what do people who call themselves Christian think is God, there are actually lots of answers, not just four.

One view is that God, Jesus, and the Holy Ghost are one entity with three apparent aspects (a sort of illusion, I suppose). Another view is that they are all separate entities but still collectively serve as a sort of god (a board of directors). Yet another is that there is just the one God, those other two entities are just servants and prophets (easiest to explain, at least). And, as you mention, there are some who think that God is three separate entities that are nontheless one entity (like conjoined twins, I suppose).

That's four, but that's probably just scratching the surface...

Answer 6

General Christian View.
Trinity. One God, three manifestations. God is spirit.\

Mormonism
Godhead. 3 distinct personages, Father and Jesus have perfected bodies and Holy ghost has no body.

Jehovah Witness's
(Unitarianism) Jehovah God, Jesus, Holy spirit are 3 separate personages, only Jehovah is God.

modalism or modal monarchism is the belief that the Heavenly Father, Resurrected Son and Holy Spirit are different modes or aspects of one God (for us only), rather than three distinct persons (in Himself).

Answer 7

There are only parts to the god head The Father, The son, The holy spirit. All distinct
personalities in one essence.

Answer 8

there is only one truth, why have four views of it? unless you open the door to the truth that involves all people. the truth of god that is a thread running among us all. thomas

Answer 9

Who says there are any views at all?><>