Oneness is NOT a cult!

Praxeas · #1 03-09-2010, 01:49 PM

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In an interview with Paul Crouch, Benny Hinn said there are actually "nine of them." The Father, has a Spirit, Soul and Body, the Son has a Spirit, Soul and Body, and the Holy Ghost has a Spirit, Soul and Body.

This is tri-theism and IMO the way most Trinnies think about the Godhead.

Oneness does not believe in "distinctions" in the Godhead. A Godhead with distinctions means that each of the Father, Son and Holy Ghost, possess a quality or attribute that each of the other does not.

What is a godhead?]

Oneness DOES teach/assert a distinction between Father and Son. That distinction is due to the incarnation and the Son's humanity

Praxeas · #2 03-09-2010, 01:52 PM

Anyways the term Cult was adopted by Trinitarians to label any group that does not agree with them on doctrinal issues. It's contrived. The word originally meant, like the word sect, a religious group. Using that even Trinitarians are a cult.

We can call the a cult if we want, we can define a cult as any group that does not believe in the Oneness of the Godhead.

We can label them apostate from the original biblical faith.

U376977 · #3 03-09-2010, 02:10 PM

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What is a godhead?]

Oneness DOES teach/assert a distinction between Father and Son. That distinction is due to the incarnation and the Son's humanity

Correct, The term Godhead is only in the KJV in Romans, "....his eternal power and godhead...."

The "distinction," between the Father and Son that oneness teaches is FAR different than the distinction in the Father and Son of trintarianism. Trinitarianism believes in an "eternal Son." We do not. That fact alone makes us far different than Trinitarianism.

Sam · #4 03-09-2010, 02:20 PM

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Correct, The term Godhead is only in the KJV in Romans, "....his eternal power and godhead...."
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plus also in Acts 17:9 and Colossians 2:9

Sam · #5 03-09-2010, 02:23 PM

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What is a godhead?]

Oneness DOES teach/assert a distinction between Father and Son. That distinction is due to the incarnation and the Son's humanity

godhead means "godness"

It is my understanding that some oneness folks say that Jesus is both the Father and the Son and also that the Father is not the Son and the Son is not the Father.