Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site harvard.ARPA Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!unc!mcnc!decvax!genrad!teddy!panda!talcott!harvard!edwardsb From: edwardsb@harvard.ARPA (Bill Edwards) Newsgroups: net.religion.christian Subject: Re: Questions on Christian Belief Message-ID: <316@harvard.ARPA> Date: Mon, 21-Jan-85 21:56:50 EST Article-I.D.: harvard.316 Posted: Mon Jan 21 21:56:50 1985 Date-Received: Fri, 25-Jan-85 09:35:17 EST References: <186@teklds.UUCP> <246@whuxi.UUCP> <48@unc.UUCP> <76@unc.UUCP> Organization: Aiken Computation Laboratory, Harvard Lines: 25 > In article ellis@spar.UUCP (Michael Ellis) writes: > > > >I don't think the doctrine of the trinity is essential to being Christian; > >this idea was largely an elaboration on vague notions in the New Testament > >by early Christian philosphers with a bent for Greek philosophy. > > > > 1) Which Christian denominations do not teach the doctrine of the trinity? > > 2) Which Christian denominations teach it, but do not consider the belief > to be vital? > > 3) What are the attitudes of the larger denominations (Catholic, Episcapalian, > Baptist, etc.) towards the denominations described above? > > Frank Silbermann > University of North Carolina > > WHEN UNCERTAIN, WHEN IN DOUBT, RUN IN CIRCLES, SCREAM AND SHOUT "Between the Trinity and hell lies no other choice" Vladimir Lossky Mystical Theology, 66