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TRINITY & OTHER DOCTRINES OF GOD:<br />

PROF. M. M. NINAN<br />

they would be considered "three Gods in one". This notion was condemned<br />

by St. Anselm.<br />

• Those who believe that the Holy Spirit is not a person:<br />

o<br />

o<br />

o<br />

Binitarianism – people through history who believed that God is only two<br />

co-equal and co-eternal persons, the Father and the Word, not three. They<br />

taught that the Holy Spirit is not a distinct person, but is the power or divine<br />

influence of the Father and Son, emanating out to the universe, in creation,<br />

and to believers.<br />

Dualism<br />

Marcionism – Marcion (AD c. 110–160) believed that there were two<br />

deities, one of creation and judgment (in the Hebrew Bible) and one of<br />

redemption and mercy (in the New Testament).<br />

• Other concepts:<br />

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Docetism comes from the Greek: δοκέω (dokeo), meaning "to seem." This<br />

view holds that Jesus only seemed to be human and only appeared to die.<br />

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