I believe Jehovah’s Witnesses are in many ways arian in nature. Of course that does not fully answer the question- but JW’s believe that Jesus is a created being (“a god”- not “Almighty God”) and that the Holy Spirit is an “impersonal active force (ie: not a person). I believe those two doctrines are Arian in nature.
Began with Arius, bishop of Alexandria in 4th C. … condemned by Council of Nicea in AD325…believed the Son was God’s first and greatest creation, but not God Himself…led to debate of the nature of the Son (of the same substance/nature as the Father)…I possess JW books back to their inception in 1870′s…fullblown Arianists, unapologetically… See More so…they believe Arius was right and the whole church veered off course, but they got it back on course…love dialoguing with them and looking at the Bible without WatchTower propoganda doing the scripture twisting…
Arianisn teaches that Jesus, the son, was created by God and is less than the Father in nature, some forms hold that in substance they are the same but not in nature. this doctrine would lead one to say we as christians serve more than one God, and not One God in three forms. Don’t know but have read of one group called arian catholics.
“Follow the pattern of the sound words that you have heard from me, in the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus. By the Holy Spirit who dwells within us, guard the good deposit entrusted to you.”— 2 Timothy 1:13-14 (ESV)
Quiz: What does Arianism teach, why is it heresy, when was it refuted, and what religious group (or groups) still adhere to it today?
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I believe Jehovah’s Witnesses are in many ways arian in nature. Of course that does not fully answer the question- but JW’s believe that Jesus is a created being (“a god”- not “Almighty God”) and that the Holy Spirit is an “impersonal active force (ie: not a person). I believe those two doctrines are Arian in nature.
Began with Arius, bishop of Alexandria in 4th C. … condemned by Council of Nicea in AD325…believed the Son was God’s first and greatest creation, but not God Himself…led to debate of the nature of the Son (of the same substance/nature as the Father)…I possess JW books back to their inception in 1870′s…fullblown Arianists, unapologetically… See More so…they believe Arius was right and the whole church veered off course, but they got it back on course…love dialoguing with them and looking at the Bible without WatchTower propoganda doing the scripture twisting…
Arianisn teaches that Jesus, the son, was created by God and is less than the Father in nature, some forms hold that in substance they are the same but not in nature. this doctrine would lead one to say we as christians serve more than one God, and not One God in three forms. Don’t know but have read of one group called arian catholics.
Uh, from what I understand off the Trinity, God is Not in 3 forms as the 3rd answer states. That is called Modalism is it not?
maybe form is a not the best word but like water, it can be in 3 states: steam, ice & liquid but the same water.