Part Three
Theology Proper: 20 THE UNITY AND TRINITY OF GOD
A DISPENSATIONAL THEOLOGY
By Charles F Baker
Theology Proper: 20 THE UNITY AND TRINITY OF GOD
A DISPENSATIONAL THEOLOGY
By Charles F Baker
Jews,
Mohammedans, and certain sects within Christendom believe in one God but deny
the tri-personality of the Godhead, as it is clearly revealed in the New
Testament. A denial of the essential Deity of the Lord Jesus Christ is a denial
of the Trinity. This type of teaching is usually associated with Arius of Alexandria
in the early church. He taught that the Son was the first person to be created
by God, and being next in rank to God was worthy of worship. His teaching was
condemned by the Council of Nicea in 325 A.D. In the 16th century Laelius and
Faustus Socinus revived Arianism and became leaders of the modern Unitarian
movement. Present day Unitarians are very liberal in their theology, usually
giving to Jesus no more honor than that accorded to Mohammed or Buddha. Certain
sects are also unitarian in their doctrine of God, such as the Jehovah’s
Witnesses and the followers of A.E. Knoch’s Concordant Version group.
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