Definition of tritheism in English:
tritheism
noun ˈtrʌɪˌθiːɪz(ə)mtraɪˈθiˌɪzəm
mass noun(in Christian theology) the doctrine of or belief in the three persons of the Trinity as three distinct gods.
Example sentencesExamples
- Either modalism or tritheism is the natural egress for such a sustained understanding.
- According to tritheism, on the other hand, the divine persons are each distinct individual persons which are so closely related that they together count as a single thing in some fashion.
- If used to designate eternal distinctions in God, it leads to tritheism, which is a form of polytheism.
- In the English Church the error of tritheism was revived by Dean Sherlock in his ‘Vindication of the Doctrine of the Holy and ever Blessed Trinity,’ 1690.
- Any use of three identical human figures, although accepted by the Eastern Church in memory of Abraham's three angelic visitors, was prohibited in the West because of its suggestions of tritheism.
Definition of tritheism in US English:
tritheism
nountrīˈTHēˌizəmtraɪˈθiˌɪzəm
(in Christian theology) the doctrine of or belief in the three persons of the Trinity as three distinct gods.
Example sentencesExamples
- In the English Church the error of tritheism was revived by Dean Sherlock in his ‘Vindication of the Doctrine of the Holy and ever Blessed Trinity,’ 1690.
- According to tritheism, on the other hand, the divine persons are each distinct individual persons which are so closely related that they together count as a single thing in some fashion.
- Any use of three identical human figures, although accepted by the Eastern Church in memory of Abraham's three angelic visitors, was prohibited in the West because of its suggestions of tritheism.
- If used to designate eternal distinctions in God, it leads to tritheism, which is a form of polytheism.
- Either modalism or tritheism is the natural egress for such a sustained understanding.