What Christian religions are monotheistic and reject the Trinity, beside Mormons & Jehovah Witnesses?

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Also, why do we say our prayers in the name of Jesus, if God is above Jesus? I believe the Bible says no one goes to God accept through Jesus. Or am I misunderstanding this? Should all prayers be ended by saying "I pray all these things in Jesus name"?

Ok, If Monotheistic is the wrong word, can someone define it? I thought it meant the belief that there is one God.

Suigeneris-impetus I never said Mormons or Jehovah Witnesses didn't believe in Christ.

Answer 1

According to Britannica, you are correct regarding the definition of "monotheistic." It is belief in the existence of one god.

There are many recognized monotheistic Christian groups who who do not recognize the Doctrine of Holy Trinity. Wickipedia lists these non-Trinitarian groups as:

American Unitarian Conference
Arian Catholicism
Arianism (extinct as a modern and distinct religion)
Bible Students
Christadelphians
Christian Conventions (a non-denominational group which publishes no dogmatic positions, but which a majority of observers classify as non-Trinitarian)
Church of Christ, Scientist
Church of God General Conference (Abrahamic Faith)
Church of the Blessed Hope (Church of God of the Abrahamic Faith; not part of General Conference)
Creation Seventh Day Adventism
Doukhobors
Higher Ground Online
Jehovah's Witnesses
Living Church of God
Living Hope International Ministries
Molokan
Monarchianism
New Church
Oneness Pentecostals
Polish Brethren
Socinianism
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church; Mormon)
The Way International
Unification Church
Unitarian Christians
Unitarian Universalist Christian Fellowship*

* Independent affiliates of the Unitarian Universalist Association

I know a very active member of the Disciples of Christ (Christian church) who says that his denomination is non-Trinitarian, though it is not on the list.

The clearest and simplest instruction in the Bible about praying begins with the words, "Our Father, who are in heaven..." and closes without an amen at all. Pray comfortably. That's all that matters!

Answer 2

First, the word trinity does not appear in the bible.
2. Consider Gods word of truth the bible....
Mark 10:18 Jesus said to him: “Why do you call me good? Nobody is good, except one, God.
Isaiah 44:6 “This is what Jehovah has said, the King of Israel and the Repurchaser of him, Jehovah of armies, ‘I am the first and I am the last, and besides me there is no God.
Philippians 2:5 Keep this mental attitude in YOU that was also in Christ Jesus, 6 who, although he was existing in God’s form, gave no consideration to a seizure, namely, that he should be equal to God.
Philippians 2:. 9 For this very reason also God exalted him to a superior position and kindly gave him the name that is above every [other] name,
John 14:. 28 YOU heard that I said to YOU, I am going away and I am coming [back] to YOU. If YOU loved me, YOU would rejoice that I am going my way to the Father, because the Father is greater than I am.
John 5:19 Therefore, in answer, Jesus went on to say to them: “Most truly I say to YOU, The Son cannot do a single thing of his own initiative, but only what he beholds the Father doing. For whatever things that One does, these things the Son also does in like manner.
John 20:17 Jesus said to her: “Stop clinging to me. For I have not yet ascended to the Father. But be on your way to my brothers and say to them, ‘I am ascending to my Father and YOUR Father and to my God and YOUR God.’”
1 Corin. 11:. 3 But I want YOU to know that the head of every man is the Christ; in turn the head of a woman is the man; in turn the head of the Christ is God.
so many more show that Jesus is inferior to the creator God Almighty Jehovah.
but he is placed as our Lord
And Jesus reflects Gods qualities of love, power, justice and wisdom so will make an excellent world ruler
Rev 22:20....“Amen! Come, Lord Jesus.”

Answer 3

The United Pentecostal Church, Assemblies of the Lord Jesus Christ, Pentecostal Assemblies of the World Igelsia Apostolica de La fe In CristoJesus are just some of the many many Apostolic Pentecostal organizations all around that proclaim the Oneness of God, the doctrine believed by the original Christians, in fact the doctrine that goes back HUNDREDS of years before the council forcibly called by the Roman Emperor Constantine introduced and laid the foundation for centuries of horrifying and bloody persecution
for all those who would not dance to the trinitarian tune.

Answer 4

The Mormons & Jehovah Witnesses do believe in a Trinity, but not one that includes Jesus as part of the Godhead,(Trinity). Any religion that does not recognize God the Father, Christ as fully God, and the person of the Holy Spirit, as being God in three persons, does not believe in or does not understand, what the Word of God teaches.

God is like the sun: The sun is the Father, Jesus is the light, and the Holy Spirit is the power. Three in one!

Jesus said in Matthew 28:18:..."All authority has been given to me in heaven and on earth." In John16:23, Jesus said:..."my Father will give you whatever you ask in my name." Please do not mis-understand this! As we are to pray in the Spirit at all times, our prayers, if lead by the Holy Spirit, will not be self focused, or self gratifing, but tuned into the desires of God.

Not all prayers have to end in Jesus name, but there is authority in the name of Jesus.

The bible does say that Jesus decended from heaven, but also says that He asscended. God is not above Jesus, they are one.
Because of the cross, Jesus took your sins and mine, and paid the price,(for the wages of sin are death, Rom 6:23). Salvation can only come through Jesus, but once saved, the new believer becomes indwelt by the Holy Spirit, being connected to the Father through His Spirit. This is because of the veil, that was torn from top to bottom, no longer seperates the Holy place,(you, as a child of God), from the Most Holy place, (God).

Answer 5

None that I'm aware of. Most of Christianity base their belief about the Trinity on the Nicene Creed, which declared that the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost were three aspects of one individual.

Mormons believe that the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost are three individuals, untified in one purpose (don't know about Jehovah's Witnesses). This is based primarily on what Mormons call the "First Vison," in which Joseph Smith, praying to find out which church was true, says he received a vision where God the Father and Jesus Christ appeared together and told him that no church at the time was true, and that they would send messangers to help him restore the true church to the face of the Earth. Mormon doctrine says it supported by a bit of New Testament stuff, mostly inferred (like when Christ was praying, or asked the Father to forgive the Roman soldiers while on the cross; why would he pray to himself?), with the main Biblical evidence being Christ's baptism (Christ was in the water, God's voice eminated from the sky announcing that He was pleased with Christ, and the Spirit - another designation for the Holy Ghost - descending in the form of a dove).

Answer 6

Calling trinitarians polytheistic seems reasonable from the outside, but isn't really accurate. Most Christians believe that Jesus (aka Yeshua) is God. If it helps, you can think of him as an incarnation or aspect of God, although neither of those seems to be entirely accurate either. As far as prayers, I agree that most prayer should be addressed to God, the Father, however I don't think it's necessarily wrong to address God, the Son. They are the same person, after all. What Yeshua actually said was, "No one comes to the Father except through me."

As for your initial question, Wikipedia has a list of non-trinitarian Christian groups under the "Nontrinitarianism" entry at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nontrinitarianism . I noticed that they left out Messianic Jews. Most are probably trinitarian, however some groups are not.

-yk

Answer 7

Mormons are monotheists...we believe in only one God. God is a title given to the supreme being which is a different office to that of Jesus Christ and the Holy Ghost.

Let me clarify somethings for you.

As a active Mormon, I know my beliefs and want you to be informed. (All this is in a friendly manner, I know when some things are typed they can carry a "tone" of unfriendliness which is not at all what this should sound like)

First, Mormons don't reject the Trinity. Mormons believe that the God, the Son and the Holy Spirit are three separate identities. One of the examples that we use is the biblical passage where Jesus Christ was baptized by John the Baptist,

"And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway out of the water: and lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the SPIRIT OF GOD DESCENDING LIKE A DOVE, and lightning upon him:
And lo A VOICE FROM HEAVEN SAYING, THIS IS MY BELOVED SON, in whom I am well pleased."
(Matthew 3: 16-17, King James Version Bible)

Those letter emphasized in CAPS are first the evidence of the Holy Spirit descending out of heaven, the second the VOICE of God saying, "This is my beloved Son..."

You can't have one person doing 3 different things; first as Jesus Christ on the earth getting baptized, then a Spirit coming down like a dove from Heaven, and then having a voice (not coming from Jesus Christ who is still on Earth by the way) coming from heaven...

So we believe that the Holy Trinity is not 1 person, but that they are THREE different beings existing for the same purpose, in that sense their purpose is one.
(This is part of Mormon doctrine)

As for saying our prayers in the name of Jesus Christ, you know that he died for the sins of the world, he is our mediator between us and the Father, in response to a man who wanted to follow Jesus Christ, Christ answered the following statement,

"Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: NO MAN COME TH UNTO THE FATHER, BUT BY ME."
(John 14:6, King James Version Bible)

We pray to God through Jesus Christ because he is the one that will, when the judgment day of God comes, that will be our advocate. So in a sense, we are having a more personal relationship with him for this ultimate purpose. (This last point is just my opinion and not church doctrine)

One last thing...
Did you notice that I quoted the Bible? We read the bible and we believe in it. Our Book of Mormon is just another testament which supports that the Bible is true scripture. Our book in no way puts down or defiles the Bible but it supports the scriptural truth found therein.

I am a Christian, I believe in God and I believe in Jesus Christ and in the Holy Ghost. Having been baptized as a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints I am compelled to say, even in writing that I AM a Christian.

Answer 8

For the first question, i think you should not concern yourself with who is doing the wrong thing or all that. Christianity is your direct relationship with God and not with churches and religions. the question should be... what religion...because no christian will reject the Trinity . The bible says you should not be decieved for false prophets would go out among you to lead you astray from the truth.. Secondly, we say in our prayers in the Name of Jesus because Jesus said if we ask anything in His Name He will do it...that is, if His Word lives in us and we live in His Word.Praying in the name of Jesus is like talking to God as if it were Jesus. For example if someone says to you, In the Name of the Law....he simply means its actually the law talking to you. Prayer also is talking with God. We pray in The Name of Jesus to God. You dont need to say all these things i pray in the name of Jesus. you can begin with,...in the Name of Jesus....Father I have come to say .......and end with In Jesus' Name. I hope i answered your question

Answer 9

First Mormon's do believe in the Trinity,just not the one introduced bu the Emperor Constantine at the Council of Nicea. Mormons believe God the Father and His Son Jesus Christ are separate beings with bodies of flesh and bones. the Holy ghost is the third member of th Godhead and is a personage of spirit.

When Adam and Eve partook of the fruit in the Garden of Eden we became cut off from God the Father. From then on Christ became are intermediary. Thus we pray to the Father in the name of the Son.

Answer 10

We are taught in the Bible that the Heavenly Father is without beginning and without end. Jesus Christ in his own words claims to be God's first, or "chief" creation. According to the Apostle John, "God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten SON." (John 3:16) If Jesus was "begotten" some other being must have "beget" him. According to Webster's Dictionary, "Beget" means to be the "FATHER OR TO SIRE. To bring into being." This being the case, a higher power must have created Jesus.