Talk:Unitarianism

Reworded and expanded poorly sourced trinity definition with better sourced definition from Trinity page

The original first paragraph has a poorly sourced definition of the Trinity ("homoousion: one being in three hypostases: the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit") which it claims is from the Nicene Creed, however this definition goes beyond the creed which does not use the term hypostasis to describe the three, and does not refer to the Holy Spirit as homoousion. I have reworked the first paragraph to describe the Trinity as defined on the Trinity page which is more accurate and better sourced.

Under the beliefs section, I replace the line "Unitarians believe that mainstream (Nicene) Christianity does not adhere to strict monotheism" as the citation given here refers to the "doctrine of the Trinity", not "Nicene Christianity", in support of the claim. The new line reads: "Unitarians charge that the Trinity, unlike unitarianism, fails to adhere to strict monotheism." ParallelFrog (talk) 14:03, 6 November 2022 (UT

Oneness Christianity

it would be useful to distinguish early in the article between the point of this article, and "oneness"ism. Eg "Oneness Pentecostalism" holds that God is one in the sense of Unitarianism, but also that Jesus is that same God, and "the Father" is the same God. ~2025-36388-15 (talk) 02:51, 11 December 2025 (UTC)

"Transcendental Creator God"

no, this is not used by the vast majority of Christians. The usual phrase is God the Father, as shown by the link. ~2026-12147-71 (talk) 19:26, 9 April 2026 (UTC)

Three distinct persons

> as three distinct but unified beings

While trying to describe the contrast, this inaccurately describes the opposing view. The traditional Christian understanding is “persons”, not “beings” ~2026-33858-05 (talk) 23:00, 7 June 2026 (UTC)

Should this be classified as Christianity?

All religions that deny the Holy Trinity are distinct from Christianity i.e. the Mormons and the Jehovah's Witnesses, even though they believe in *a* "Jesus" figure, are not Christian in the conventional sense. Unitarians are, from a Christian point of view, heretics, but from a neutral point of view, they are just another Abrahamic tradition. RhebucksŻ (talk) 18:14, 14 June 2026 (UTC)

Followers of Jesus were being called (the Greek equivalent of) Christian before the Trinity was a commonly accepted doctrine, though disbelief in the Trinity was out of the mainstream for a very long time. Jehovah's Witnesses should probably be on the page since they consider themselves Christian (being quote-unquote 'true christians' is half of their branding, which is very in line with the broad description of unitarianism). Gwengreamaitheach (talk) 11:10, 27 August 2026 (UTC)

I should clarify: by 'true' I mean adhering to what they call 'first-century Christianity'. Gwengreamaitheach (talk) 11:12, 27 August 2026 (UTC)

"All religions that deny the Holy Trinity are distinct from Christianity" Says who? We have an article on Nontrinitarianism in Christianity, which also notes the antitrinitarian Protestant groups which emerged during the Reformation. Dimadick (talk) 04:33, 28 August 2026 (UTC)