Unitarianism
Unitarianism (from Latin unitas "unity, oneness"") is a
nontrinitarian Christian theological movement
that believes that the God in Christianity is
one singular entity, as opposed to a Trinity. Most other branches of Christianity define God as one being
in three persons: the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Unitarian Christians believe that Jesus was inspired by
God in his moral teachings, and he is a savior, but he was not a deity or God incarnate.
Unitarianism is also known for the rejection of
several other Nicene Christian
doctrines, including the doctrines of original sin, predestination, and the infallibility of
the Bible.
Notable Unitarians include:
Classical composers: Edvard Grieg, Béla
Bartok
Theology & Ministry: Ralph Waldo Emerson,
Theodore Parker, Yveon Seon, Thomas Lamb Eliot
Science: Oliver Heaviside, Erasmus
Darwin, Joseph Priestley, John Archibald Wheeler, Linus Pauling, Sir Isaac
Newton, inventor Sir Francis Ronalds
Mathematics: George
Boole
Civil Government: Susan B.
Anthony
Humanitarianism & Social Justice:
Mary
Wollstonecraft, Frances Ellen Watkins Harper, Whitney Young of the National Urban
League, Florence Nightingale
Literature: John Bowring, Samuel Taylor Coleridge,
Elizabeth Gaskell
Arts & Letters: Julia Ward
Howe
Arts: Frank Lloyd Wright
Industry: Josiah Wedgwood, Richard
Peacock, Samuel Carter
Ministry & Politics: Thomas Starr
King
Education: Charles William
Eliot
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