Oneness Pentecostals reject the Trinity doctrine, viewing it as pagan and unscriptural, and hold to the Jesus Name doctrine with respect to baptisms. Oneness Pentecostals are often referred to as Modalists or Sabellians or Jesus Only.Oneness Pentecostals
Do Protestants believe in the Trinity?
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 other Christians believe in the Trinity?
The Trinity is a controversial doctrine; many Christians admit they dont understand it, while many more Christians dont understand it but think they do. In fact, although theyd 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.
What churches do not believe in the Trinity?
The largest nontrinitarian Christian denominations are The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Oneness Pentecostals, Jehovahs Witnesses, La Luz del Mundo and the Iglesia ni Cristo.
What did Jesus say about the Trinity?
The Father, Son, and Holy Spirit were associated in such New Testament passages as the Great Commission: “Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit” (Matthew 28:19); and in the apostolic benediction: “The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ
Who was the first known atheist?
Matthias Knutzen In early modern times, the first explicit atheist known by name was the German-languaged Danish critic of religion Matthias Knutzen (1646–after 1674), who published three atheist writings in 1674.