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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.
Although the predecessors of Unitarian Universalism, Unitarianism and Universalism, find their origin in unorthodox beliefs about the nature of the Christian God, modern Unitarian Universalists hold a variety of views about the nature and existence of deity. Most Unitarian Universalist congregations take no formal stance on whether or not a god ...
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 Christian Association, as its name suggests, exists primarily to preserve and celebrate Unitarian Christianity. In short, the Unitarian Christian tradition is founded on a theological position (originally espoused by Michael Servetus and Francis David) that dissents from the doctrine of the Trinity instead affirming the unity of God and placing emphasis on the humanity of Jesus ...
It is one of the oldest surviving congregations in the United States. It was originally Episcopalian but unitarian Christian after the Revolution, in practice today an open but strongly Christian ecumenical church, traditional in its worship and using the latest (1985) revision of its Common Prayer Book. First Parish Unitarian Universalist
Christadelphians believe that God, Jehovah, [28] [Note 1] is the creator of all things and the father of true believers, [32] that he is a separate being from his son, Jesus (who is subordinate to him). They reject the doctrine of the Trinity. [33] [34] Christadelphian Hall in Bath, United Kingdom
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]
Unitarians in America, because of the developments with the Unitarian churches, have generally taken one of three courses of action to find communities in which to worship God. Some have stayed within the Unitarian churches, accepting the non-Christian nature of their congregation, but have found their needs met in the UUCF.