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TRINITY & OTHER DOCTRINES OF GOD:<br />

PROF. M. M. NINAN<br />

faction that had supported Piotr of Goni 훳 dz' arguments broke all ties with the Calvinists<br />

and organized their own synod in the town of Brzeziny on June 10, 1565.They were<br />

expelled from Poland in 1658.<br />

http://www.biblicalunitarian.com/articles/what-do-biblical-unitarians-believe<br />

“We believe that the Heavenly Father alone is God (John 17:3)<br />

John 10:30<br />

I and my father are one. (KJV)<br />

1. There is no reason to take this verse to mean that Christ was saying that he and the Father<br />

make up “one God.” The phrase was a common one, and even today if someone used it, people<br />

would know exactly what he meant—he and his father are very much alike….<br />

2. Christ uses the concept of “being one” in other places, and from them one can see that “one<br />

purpose” is what is meant<br />

John 1:1<br />

In the beginning was the Word, the Word was with God; and the Word was God.<br />

In the cited passage (John 1:1) wherein the Word is said to have been in the beginning, there is<br />

no reference to an antecedent eternity, without commencement; because mention is made here<br />

of a beginning, which is opposed to that eternity... In the context of the new creation, then, “the<br />

Word” is the plan or purpose according to which God is restoring His creation.”<br />

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