Trinitarianism

[ trin-i-tair-ee-uh-niz-uhm ]

noun

, Theology.

1. the belief in, or doctrine of, the Trinity, the threefold personality of the Christian God. Compare modalism ( def ).Monarchianism ( def ).

Other Words From

• an·ti-Trin·i·tar·i·an·ism noun
• pro-Trin·i·tar·i·an·ism noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of Trinitarianism¹

Trinitarian + -ism

Example Sentences

Trinitarianism of Platonic origin, 107; avowed by idealists, 109; its debt to Unitarianism, 113.

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Unitarianism from the beginning showed affinity with this school, and avowed it more distinctly than idealists avowed Trinitarianism.

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Had Lincoln declared that "Christ is God," this would have suggested to him the idea of Trinitarianism.

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They repudiated heathenism, and regarded Trinitarianism as an aberration.

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Theologie.—The distinguished statesman, Von Bunsen, a.d. 1791-1860, ambassador at Rome and afterwards at London, at first stood at the head of the revival of the church interests and life; but in his “Church of the Future,” conceived a constitutional idea on a democratic basis, for which he sought support in historical studies on the Ignatian age, etc., and the historical refutation of the orthodox Christology and trinitarianism.

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