Most Christian denominations that I know of believe in the Trinity, meaning the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit being one. This word Trinity can not be found anywhere in the bible. Is there any denomination(s) that do not buy off on this belief.
2007-07-28 07:46:43 · 19 answers · asked by Brad M 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Yes.
I am willing the say, that as many churches are slowly weeding out the false doctrine from their theology, in the future more and more churches will abandon the unscriptural doctrine of the trinity.
2007-07-28 07:48:56 · answer #1 · answered by Tim 47 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am not sure if entire denominations reject this doctrine; I do know that there are countless individuals within Christian denominations that reject the doctrine of the Trinity. I think it would be helpful however to get a clear understanding of what the Trinity means. Most people do not even know. The Trinity teaches that all three are persons, and all three are co-equal, co-eternal, and God Almighty all at the same time with none afore or after the other and none greater than or lesser than the other. But the Bible does not teach that.
Jehovah's Christian Witnesses, with close to 100,000 congregations worldwide, do not believe in the Trinity. They reject it individually and they reject it jointly. Of course, some do not feel Jehovah's Witnesses are Christians. But that's not what you asked, is it?
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2007-07-28 07:53:53 · answer #2 · answered by Hannah J Paul 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There's a problem as to what defines a Christian. Among most Christian denominations the Apostles Creed is the lowest common denominator. And the triune's included there.
Garner Ted Armstrong's Church of God International was otherwise Christian, but didn't believe in the Trinity. The result was the Christian Television Network rejected him for broadcasts there.
For whatever that's worth.
Old Garner Ted was probably the most well-schooled Christian scholar of the last half of the 20th Century. Incredible mind.
I'm not a Christian in any sense, but I used to correspond somewhat regularly with Garner Ted, and learned a lot about Christianity from him. I have a tremendous amount of respect for his scholarship, though we disagreed about almost everything, at one level or another.
2007-07-28 07:54:50 · answer #3 · answered by Jack P 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is a trick question! Most Christians wouldn't consider someone to be a true Christian if they didn't believe in the trinity!
But Unitarians don't believe in the trinity. They come from the tradition of Deism, which was originally based on Christianity. Deists considered themselves Christian but you might or might not consider them so depending on whether or not you believe the trinity is an obligatory doctrine for Christians.
Many of our founding fathers in the US were Deists. Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson are the best examples. Many of the ideas in the Declaration of Independance and the Constitution--including the whole idea of democracy, that people have the right to rule themselves--came out of the Deist tradition!
2007-07-28 07:52:19 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Many denominations are playing into the 'politically correct' apostasy of abandoning the Father, Son and Holy Ghost and replacing them with terms like creator, redeemer and preserver. Of course the moment they do this they cease being Christian as they are denying the most basic tenets of Christianity as well as the First Commandment.
2007-07-28 07:58:19 · answer #5 · answered by tropicalturbodave 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jesus Only Apostolic, believe that Jesus is the Father and the Son and the Holy Ghost, and do not follow what Matthew 28:19 says about teaching in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost, instead we follow Acts 2:38, bapitizing in Jesus Name alone, and teaching that God the Father, and Jesus the Son and the Holy Ghost are all three Jesus.
2007-07-28 07:57:32 · answer #6 · answered by crosby 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
LDS and JW's are the two most well-known Christian denominations that do not accept the Trinity Doctrine.
2007-07-29 13:24:16 · answer #7 · answered by Daniel 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well the jehovah's witness don't believe in the trinity, and I personally don't believe that the jehovah's witness are christian.
EDIT: Lots of people are saying the jw, but come on, we know the jw aren't a christain denomination, rather a cult.
2007-07-28 07:49:16 · answer #8 · answered by neoscotty 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I'm a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, and we don't believe in the concept of the trinity but we do believe in what the Bible teaches about the Godhead. They are three separate beings but all divine and one in purpose.
2007-07-28 08:02:47 · answer #9 · answered by Bubblewrap 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
In the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) members are asked to only profess that Jesus Christ is their Lord and Savior. Some members believe in the Trinity and others do not. It is not an essential of faith.
2007-07-28 07:58:18 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋