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Binitarianism is a
Christian theology
of duality, two personae, two individuals, or two aspects in one Godhead (or
God). Classically, binitarianism is understood as a form of
monotheism — that is, that
God is an absolutely single being; and yet with binitarianism there is a
"twoness" in God. The other common forms of monotheism are "
unitarianism", a
belief in a single God with one aspect, and "
trinitarianism", a
belief in a single God with three aspects.
While binitarianism
is sometimes used self-descriptively,
[1] it is also used to denote Christian
error or heresy
[2] as are the following related terms:
- "Bitheism", a belief in two distinct persons in one essence,
"God family," who are in perfect harmony/agreement with each
other/one another, composed of the Father and the Son as two distinct
Gods, and the Holy Spirit as not a God, but rather as the living power of
God that flows/emanates between both the Father and the Son.
- "Ditheism", a belief in two Gods working against one
another's purpose, e.g. God versus the Satan. This term has been used to
describe the doctrines of the World Churches of God by the offshoot
Christian Churches of God.[3]
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