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Unitarianism (from Latin unitas 'unity, oneness') is a nontrinitarian branch of Christianity. [1] Unitarian Christians affirm the unitary nature of God as the singular and unique creator of the universe, [1] believe that Jesus Christ was inspired by God in his moral teachings and that he is the savior of humankind, [1] [2] [3] but he is not equal to God himself.
Like the beliefs of Unitarian Universalists, politics are decided by individuals, not by congregations or the denomination. Ibram X. Kendi presenting his new book How to Be an Antiracist at Unitarian Universalist Church located in Montclair, New Jersey, on August 14, 2019
His sermon on "Unitarian Christianity", preached at First Unitarian Church of Baltimore in 1819, at the ordination of Jared Sparks, and that at New York in 1821, made him its interpreter. The result of the "Unitarian Controversy" (1815) [ 28 ] [ 29 ] was a growing division in the Congregational churches, which was emphasized in 1825 by the ...
Biblical unitarianism [1] (otherwise capitalized as biblical Unitarianism, [2] [3] sometimes abbreviated as BU) [4] is a Unitarian Christian tradition whose adherents affirm the Bible as their sole authority, and from it base their beliefs that God the Father is one singular being, [1] and that Jesus Christ is God's son but not divine. [1]
The Unitarian Universalist Association is headquartered at 24 Farnsworth Street, within Boston, Massachusetts. This serves as the historical center of Unitarianism in the U.S. As of 2009, the UUA comprised 19 Districts, 1,041 congregations with 164,656 certified members and 61,795 church school enrollees served by 1,623 ministers. [11]
Four presidents were affiliated with Unitarian churches [12] and a fifth (Thomas Jefferson) was an exponent of ideas now commonly associated with Unitarianism. Unitarianism, the belief that God has a unitary nature, developed in opposition to Trinitarianism, the belief that God is three persons in one (the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit ...
A Unitarian church is a religious group which follows Unitarianism, Unitarian Universalism, Free Christianity, or another movement with "Unitarian" in its name. Unitarian church may refer specifically to:
A Unitarian is a follower of, or a member of an organisation that follows, any of several theologies referred to as Unitarianism: Unitarianism (1565–present), a liberal Christian theological movement known for its belief in the unitary nature of God, and for its rejection of the doctrines of the Trinity, original sin, predestination, and of biblical inerrancy