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trinitarian

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for trinitarian.

Editorial note

So Newton saw no issue with working on the calculus at the same time as being an alchemist and a non-trinitarian.

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Definitions4
Parts of speech2

Quick take

Someone who believes in the Trinity, the three persons of the Godhead.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of trinitarian gathered in one view.

noun

Someone who believes in the Trinity, the three persons of the Godhead.

noun

A member of the Trinitarian order.

noun

Alternative form of Trinitarian. [Someone who believes in the Trinity, the three persons of the Godhead.]

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for trinitarian.

noun

Someone who believes in the Trinity, the three persons of the Godhead.

noun

A member of the Trinitarian order.

noun

Alternative form of Trinitarian. [Someone who believes in the Trinity, the three persons of the Godhead.]

adjective

Believing in the Trinity.

Example sentences

1

So Newton saw no issue with working on the calculus at the same time as being an alchemist and a non-trinitarian.

2

Most obviously, non-trinitarian Christian churches have popped up sporadically since then, and several exist today.

3

Yeah, non-trinitarian Christianity is Mormons, Jehovas Witnesses, and it gets much more obscure from there.

4

You are Christian if you were baptized according to a valid Trinitarian formula.

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This is due to the fact that Christianity is trinitarian whilst Islam isn't.

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There are enough Bible thumpers in the USA at least vaguely familiar with early Christological disputes, that non-trinitarian denominations like Oneness Pentecostalism[0] were founded.

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Religions that use the cross as a holy symbol also use the Trinitarian formula (In nomine Patris et Filii et Spiritus Sancti, amen) while making the cross.

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I myself moistened their brows, repeating the full Trinitarian formula.

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I am by no means well versed in the deep trinitarian studies and reflections from the past 2000 years, but I am inclined to feel that verses like John 10:30 defy a simple explanation....

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[aside: does the 3-in-1 trinitarian nature of these equalities suggest that one transformative application may exist in three coequal, coeternal, consubstantial hypostatic applications?

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Probably because they're non-trinitarian.

12

Christianity and it's doctrines (as they are understood in the mostly conventional, trinitarian, organized fashion) are very clearly formulated in direct opposition to late Roman culture and it's vestigial but pernicious influence throughout history.

Quote examples

1

Many, perhaps most, mainstream Christian churches define Christianity as Trinitarian, and that dogma is the “bright line” between Us & Them.

2

It's much easier to gain a rudimentary understanding of "what non-trinitarian gnostics believed" from inquisitors and heresiologists than it is from reading gnostic sources.

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It is for this reason that Christians have judged the LDS baptism "in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit", as a non-Christian, non-Trinitarian ceremony without effect, because even when using the same words, LDS are *saying and believing something entirely different*.

Proper noun examples

1

A non-Trinitarian is, by definition (see above), a non-Christian.

2

Unitarian-Universalism is a big tent which includes both a (heterodox, from the perspective of mainstream Christianity, which is Trinitarian) branch of Christianity and a diverse array of non-Christian congregations.

3

> the Trinity (which is a modern Christian invention) The theological language of hypostases in relation to the divine persons of the Trinity was worked out in the late 300s but proto-Trinitarian language is found in Christian writings nearly 200 years before that, i.e.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use trinitarian in a sentence?

So Newton saw no issue with working on the calculus at the same time as being an alchemist and a non-trinitarian.

What does trinitarian mean?

Someone who believes in the Trinity, the three persons of the Godhead.

What part of speech is trinitarian?

trinitarian is commonly used as noun, adjective.