different between binitarianism vs triunity

English

Etymology

binitarian +? -ism

Noun

binitarianism (uncountable)

1. (chiefly Christianity) The belief, particularly among some fringe Christian sects, that God is two personae (persons), two individuals, or two aspects in one Godhead (or God), these being God the Father and God the Son (Jesus Christ).

Usage notes

A historical example of binitarianism is those heretical sects that endorsed Macedonianism, also known as the Pneumatomachi, who did not see the Holy Spirit as God or at least equal to the Son and Father.

Related terms

• binitarian

Translations

See also

• bitheism
• deism
• ditheism
• duotheism
• henotheism
• monotheism
• polytheism
• quadrinitarianism
• septarianism
• septenarianism
• theism
• trinitarianism
• tritheism
• triunitarianism
• unitarianism

English

Alternative forms

• Triunity
• Tri-Unity
• Tri-unity
• tri-unity

Etymology

From triune +? -ity; or from tri- +? unity.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /t?a??ju?n?ti/

Noun

triunity (countable and uncountable, plural triunities)

1. The fact or state of being three in one (usually with reference to the Christian idea of the Trinity).
   • 1902, William James, The Varieties of Religious Experience, Folio Society 2008, p. 46:

     God's attributes as such, his holiness, his justice, his mercy, his absoluteness, his infinity, his omniscience, his tri-unity [...] have proved fertile wells of inspiring meditation for Christian believers.

Derived terms

• triunitarian, tri-unitarian, Triunitarian, Tri-unitarian, Tri-Unitarian
• triunitarianism, tri-unitarianism, Triunitarianism, Tri-unitarianism, Tri-Unitarianism

Related terms

• trinitarian, Trinitarian
• trinitarianism, Trinitarianism
• trinity, Trinity
• unitrinity, uni-trinity
• unity, Unity

Translations

See also

• binitarian
• binitarianism
• oneness
• threeness
• unitarian, Unitarian
• unitarianism, Unitarianism