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Old 02-28-2007, 12:34 AM
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Are we Modalist or Unitarian?

Modalists believe there is a definite distinction between Father, Son and Holy Ghost, but not a personal distinction. There is One unipersonal God who is all three, Father, Son and Holy Ghost.

Trinitarians believe there are three Persons...God is a Tripersonal being. Father, Son and Holy Ghost are three distinct persons. One being and three persons, where as Modalism is One being, One person, three modes. Thus in Modalism God is the Son.

Unitarianism on the other hand God is unipersonal. One being and one person but He is ONLY the Father and the Spirit is just his essence and the Son is just a human person...someone OTHER than the Father. So they have two persons in view. One is God and one is the Son.

I say Oneness are Modalist in nature, though Modalism may not be the best term it fits closest to what OPs have historically held in opposition to the Trinity.

Lately though there have arisen those that have a sort of Unitarian viewpoint, claiming only the Father is God and the Son is infact someone (person) other than God. Two persons...a God person and a human person. Though they deny they are Unitarians because they say Jesus is God, they still have a Unitarian model where there are two persons. A divine person and a human person who are separate.

BTW I still don't see how one can say Father and Son are two separate persons and yet say Jesus is God
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