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ˈtraɪ θiˌɪz əmtrithe·ism
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Princeton's WordNet
tritheismnoun
(Christianity) the heretical belief that the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit are three separate gods
Wiktionary
tritheismnoun
A belief in three gods
tritheismnoun
Any of several forms of Christianity that deny the Trinity
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Tritheismnoun
The opinion which holds three distinct gods.
Etymology: tritheisme, Fr. τρεῖς and ϑεὸς.
Wikipedia
Tritheism
Tritheism (from Greek τριθεΐα, "three divinity") is a nontrinitarian Christian heresy in which the unity of the Trinity and thus monotheism are denied. It represents more a "possible deviation" than any actual school of thought positing three separate deities. It was usually "little more than a hostile label" applied to those who emphasized the individuality of each hypostasis or divine person—Father, Son and Holy Spirit—over the unity of the Trinity as a whole. The accusation was especially popular between the 3rd and 7th centuries AD.In the history of Christianity, various theologians have been accused of lapsing into tritheism. Among the earliest were the monophysites John Philoponos (died c. 570) and his followers, such as Eugenios and Konon of Tarsos. They taught that the common nature of the Trinity is an abstraction, so that while the three persons are consubstantial they are distinct in their properties. Their view was an attempt to reconcile Aristotle with Christianity. This view, which was defended by Patriarch Peter III of Antioch, was condemned as tritheism at a synod in Alexandria in 616. It was again condemned as tritheism at the third council of Constantinople in 680–81.In Late Antiquity, several heretical movements criticized Orthodoxy as equivalent to tritheism. The Sabellians, Monarchians and Pneumatomachoi labelled their opponents tritheists. Jews and Muslims frequently criticized Trinitarianism as merely dressed-up tritheism (see Islamic view of the Trinity). Groups accused by the orthodox of tritheism include the Anomoeans and Nestorians.In the Middle Ages, the scholastic Roscelin was accused of tritheism. He was an extreme nominalist who saw the three divine persons as separately existing. He was condemned as a tritheist at the synod of Soissons in or about 1092. The realist scholastic Gilbert de la Porrée erred in the opposite direction, by distinguishing between three divine beings and the essence of God (making a quaternity rather than a trinity), and was accused of tritheism. He was condemned at the council of Reims in 1148. Gilbert's ideas influenced Joachim of Fiore and the Fourth Lateran Council (1215) tried to clarify the issue by confirming the numerical unity of the Trinity.In modern times, the Austrian Catholic Anton Günther, in an effort to refute Hegelian pantheism, declared three divine persons to be three absolute and distinct realities bound together only by their shared origin.
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tritheism
Tritheism is a theological doctrine or belief system that holds the view of the Christian doctrine of the Trinity as three distinct, divine beings - God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit - who are co-equal, co-eternal, and indivisible, but not one. This understanding contradicts the Orthodox Christian understanding of the Trinity, which emphasizes one God in three persons.
Webster Dictionary
Tritheismnoun
the opinion or doctrine that the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit are three distinct Gods
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Tritheism
Tritheism is the belief that cosmic divinity is composed of three equally powerful entities. As generally conceived, three gods are envisioned as having separate domains and spheres of influence that coalesce into an omnipotent whole. In this primary respect, tritheism differs from cosmic dualism, which often posits two divine powers working in theologic or spiritual opposition. Most Christian denominations do not hold the universe as spiritually tritheistic, although some nontrinitarian denominations stray slightly from pure monotheism and the duality between God and Satan. The term has been sporadically used to spearhead heresy accusations, especially when employed against Christian sects promoting allegedly anathema conceptions of the Trinity.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Tritheism
trī′thē-izm, n. the doctrine of three Gods: the opinion that the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost are actually different beings.—n. Trī′theist, one who maintains the doctrine of tritheism.—adjs. Tritheis′tic, -al. [Gr. treis, three, theos, a god.]
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of tritheism in Chaldean Numerology is: 2
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of tritheism in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4
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