463 lines
25 KiB
HTML
463 lines
25 KiB
HTML
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
|
||
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en-gb" lang="en-gb" >
|
||
<head>
|
||
<base href="https://jesuswordsonly.com/topicindex/517-unitarians-they-began-well.html" />
|
||
<meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
|
||
<meta name="robots" content="index, follow" />
|
||
<meta name="keywords" content="Jesus Words, Jesus Words Only, Jesus Words on Salvation, Did Calvin Murder Servetus, Flaws of Young Earth Science, Ingenious Design, Apostle Paul, False Apostle Paul, Faith Alone, Dispensationalism, Ebionites, Commands of Jesus, Original Gospel of Matthew, Hebrew Matthew" />
|
||
<meta name="title" content="Unitarians - They Began Well" />
|
||
<meta name="author" content="18ptTR" />
|
||
<meta name="description" content="Jesus' Words as Primary Focus for Christians" />
|
||
<meta name="generator" content="Joomla! 1.5 - Open Source Content Management" />
|
||
<title>Unitarians - They Began Well</title>
|
||
<script type="text/javascript" src="/media/system/js/mootools.js"></script>
|
||
<script type="text/javascript" src="/media/system/js/caption.js"></script>
|
||
|
||
<link rel="shortcut icon" href="/images/favicon.ico" />
|
||
<link rel="stylesheet" href="/templates/system/css/system.css" type="text/css" />
|
||
<link rel="stylesheet" href="/templates/system/css/general.css" type="text/css" />
|
||
<link href="/templates/js_relevant/css/template_css.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" media="screen" />
|
||
<link href="/templates/js_relevant/css/nav.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" media="screen" />
|
||
<link href="/templates/js_relevant/css/style1.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" media="screen" />
|
||
|
||
<!--[if IE]>
|
||
<link href="/templates/js_relevant/css/ie.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" media="screen" />
|
||
<![endif]-->
|
||
<!--[if IE]>
|
||
<link href="/templates/js_relevant/css/ie.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" media="screen" />
|
||
<![endif]-->
|
||
<!--[if lte IE 6]>
|
||
<style type="text/css">
|
||
img { behavior: url(/templates/js_relevant/js/iepngfix.htc); }
|
||
</style>
|
||
<![endif]-->
|
||
|
||
</head>
|
||
|
||
|
||
<body>
|
||
|
||
<div id="main-wrapper">
|
||
|
||
<div id="header_graphic">
|
||
<div class="inside">
|
||
<div id="newsflash"> <div class="moduletable">
|
||
|
||
|
||
|
||
<table class="contentpaneopen">
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td valign="top" >"It is not in the epistles we learn the fundamentals. We shall find those necessary points best in the preaching of our Savior." (John Locke (1696).)</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td valign="top" >
|
||
|
||
</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
</table>
|
||
</div>
|
||
</div>
|
||
<h1><a href="https://jesuswordsonly.com/" title="Relevant">Relevant</a></h1>
|
||
<h2>A Joomla! Template for the Rest of Us</h2>
|
||
</div>
|
||
</div>
|
||
<div class="menubar">
|
||
<div id="navmenu">
|
||
<script type="text/javascript" src="/templates/js_relevant/js/barmenu.js"></script>
|
||
<ul class="menu"><li><a href="https://jesuswordsonly.com/"><span>Home</span></a></li><li class="haschild"><a href="/books.html" class="haschild"><span>Books</span></a><ul><li><a href="/books/jesuswordsonly.html"><span>Jesus' Words Only</span></a></li><li><a href="/books/jesuswordssalvation.html"><span>Jesus' Words on Salvation</span></a></li><li class="haschild"><a href="/books/didcalvinmurderservetus.html" class="child"><span>Did Calvin Murder Servetus?</span></a><ul><li><a href="/books/didcalvinmurderservetus/background-material-did-calvin-murder-servetus.html"><span>Background Material</span></a></li></ul></li><li><a href="/books/hownottosudythebible.html"><span>How Not to Study the Bible</span></a></li><li><a href="/books/flawsofyoungearthscience.html"><span>Flaws of Young Earth Science</span></a></li><li><a href="/books/jesusorpaul.html"><span>Jesus or Paul</span></a></li><li><a href="/books/unintended-disservice.html"><span>Unintended Disservice</span></a></li><li><a href="/books/original-gospel-of-matthew.html"><span>Original Gospel of Matthew</span></a></li><li><a href="/books/commands-of-jesus.html"><span>Commands of Jesus</span></a></li><li><a href="/books/gospel-of-john.html"><span>Gospel of John</span></a></li></ul></li><li><a href="/recommendedreading.html"><span>Further Reading</span></a></li><li><a href="/media.html"><span>Media</span></a></li><li class="haschild"><a href="/reviews.html" class="haschild"><span>Reviews</span></a><ul><li><a href="/reviews/jwo-reviews.html"><span>Jesus Words Only</span></a></li><li><a href="/reviews/jwos-reviews.html"><span>Jesus Words on Salvation</span></a></li></ul></li><li><a href="/contactus.html"><span>Contact Us</span></a></li><li><a href="http://www.jesuswordsonly.com/topicindex/753-bookstore.html"><span>Bookstore</span></a></li><li id="current" class="active"><a href="/topicindex.html"><span>Topic Index</span></a></li><li><a href="/aboutauthor.html"><span>About Author</span></a></li><li><a href="/newsletters.html"><span>Newsletters</span></a></li></ul>
|
||
</div>
|
||
</div>
|
||
|
||
<div id="mainbody">
|
||
<div id="showcasetop"> </div>
|
||
|
||
|
||
|
||
<table width="940" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center">
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td id="leftcol" valign="top" width="200">
|
||
<div class="inside">
|
||
<div class="moduleS1">
|
||
<div>
|
||
<div>
|
||
<div>
|
||
<h3>Search</h3>
|
||
<form action="index.php" method="post">
|
||
<div class="searchS1">
|
||
<input name="searchword" id="mod_search_searchword" maxlength="20" alt="Search" class="inputboxS1" type="text" size="20" value="search..." onblur="if(this.value=='') this.value='search...';" onfocus="if(this.value=='search...') this.value='';" /> </div>
|
||
<input type="hidden" name="task" value="search" />
|
||
<input type="hidden" name="option" value="com_search" />
|
||
<input type="hidden" name="Itemid" value="32" />
|
||
</form> </div>
|
||
</div>
|
||
</div>
|
||
</div>
|
||
<div class="moduleS1">
|
||
<div>
|
||
<div>
|
||
<div>
|
||
<h3>Questions?</h3>
|
||
|
||
Please enter your questions, and we will get back to you as soon as possible. As an anti-spam measure, we ask that you re-type the code you see in the box below, prior to clicking "Send Message"<br /><br />
|
||
|
||
<form name="s5_quick_contact" method="post" action="">
|
||
|
||
|
||
<input class="inputbox" id="namebox" onclick="s5_qc_clearname()" onfocus="s5_qc_clearname()" style="font-size:11px; font-family:arial; width:80%" type="text" value="Name..." name="name"></input><br />
|
||
<input class="inputbox" id="emailbox" onclick="s5_qc_clearemail()" onfocus="s5_qc_clearemail()" style="font-size:11px; font-family:arial; width:80%" type="text" value="Email..." name="email"></input><br />
|
||
<input class="inputbox" id="subjectbox" onclick="s5_qc_clearsubject()" onfocus="s5_qc_clearsubject()" style="font-size:11px; font-family:arial; width:80%" type="text" value="Subject..." name="subject"></input><br />
|
||
<textarea id="messagebox" rows="" cols="" class="inputbox textarea" onclick="s5_qc_clearbody()" onfocus="s5_qc_clearbody()" style="font-size:11px; font-family:arial; overflow:auto;width:80%; height:55px" name="message">Your Message...</textarea><br />
|
||
<input class="inputbox" id="spambox" onclick="s5_qc_clearspam()" onfocus="s5_qc_clearspam()" style="font-weight:bold; font-size:11px; font-family:arial; width:80%" type="text" value="Enter The Code 2619" name="verif_box"></input><br />
|
||
|
||
|
||
<input id="email_address" type="hidden" value="" name="email_address"></input>
|
||
|
||
<input class="button" type="button" onclick="s5_qc_submit()" value="Send Message" ></input>
|
||
</form>
|
||
|
||
|
||
<script language="javascript" type="text/javascript">
|
||
// <![CDATA[
|
||
|
||
var s5_qc_spam_text = document.getElementById("spambox").value;
|
||
|
||
function s5_qc_clearbody() {
|
||
if (document.getElementById("messagebox").value == "Your Message...") {
|
||
document.getElementById("messagebox").value="";
|
||
}
|
||
if (document.getElementById("namebox").value.length < 1) {
|
||
document.getElementById("namebox").value = "Name...";
|
||
}
|
||
if (document.getElementById("emailbox").value.length < 1) {
|
||
document.getElementById("emailbox").value = "Email...";
|
||
}
|
||
if (document.getElementById("subjectbox").value.length < 1) {
|
||
document.getElementById("subjectbox").value = "Subject...";
|
||
}
|
||
if (document.getElementById("spambox").value.length < 1) {
|
||
document.getElementById("spambox").value = s5_qc_spam_text;
|
||
}
|
||
}
|
||
|
||
function s5_qc_clearname() {
|
||
if (document.getElementById("namebox").value == "Name...") {
|
||
document.getElementById("namebox").value="";
|
||
}
|
||
if (document.getElementById("messagebox").value.length < 1) {
|
||
document.getElementById("messagebox").value = "Your Message...";
|
||
}
|
||
if (document.getElementById("emailbox").value.length < 1) {
|
||
document.getElementById("emailbox").value = "Email...";
|
||
}
|
||
if (document.getElementById("subjectbox").value.length < 1) {
|
||
document.getElementById("subjectbox").value = "Subject...";
|
||
}
|
||
if (document.getElementById("spambox").value.length < 1) {
|
||
document.getElementById("spambox").value = s5_qc_spam_text;
|
||
}
|
||
}
|
||
|
||
function s5_qc_clearemail() {
|
||
if (document.getElementById("emailbox").value == "Email...") {
|
||
document.getElementById("emailbox").value="";
|
||
}
|
||
if (document.getElementById("namebox").value.length < 1) {
|
||
document.getElementById("namebox").value = "Name...";
|
||
}
|
||
if (document.getElementById("messagebox").value.length < 1) {
|
||
document.getElementById("messagebox").value = "Your Message...";
|
||
}
|
||
if (document.getElementById("subjectbox").value.length < 1) {
|
||
document.getElementById("subjectbox").value = "Subject...";
|
||
}
|
||
if (document.getElementById("spambox").value.length < 1) {
|
||
document.getElementById("spambox").value = s5_qc_spam_text;
|
||
}
|
||
}
|
||
|
||
function s5_qc_clearsubject() {
|
||
if (document.getElementById("subjectbox").value == "Subject...") {
|
||
document.getElementById("subjectbox").value="";
|
||
}
|
||
if (document.getElementById("namebox").value.length < 1) {
|
||
document.getElementById("namebox").value = "Name...";
|
||
}
|
||
if (document.getElementById("emailbox").value.length < 1) {
|
||
document.getElementById("emailbox").value = "Email...";
|
||
}
|
||
if (document.getElementById("messagebox").value.length < 1) {
|
||
document.getElementById("messagebox").value = "Your Message...";
|
||
}
|
||
if (document.getElementById("spambox").value.length < 1) {
|
||
document.getElementById("spambox").value = s5_qc_spam_text;
|
||
}
|
||
}
|
||
|
||
function s5_qc_clearspam() {
|
||
if (document.getElementById("spambox").value == s5_qc_spam_text) {
|
||
document.getElementById("spambox").value="";
|
||
}
|
||
if (document.getElementById("namebox").value.length < 1) {
|
||
document.getElementById("namebox").value = "Name...";
|
||
}
|
||
if (document.getElementById("emailbox").value.length < 1) {
|
||
document.getElementById("emailbox").value = "Email...";
|
||
}
|
||
if (document.getElementById("messagebox").value.length < 1) {
|
||
document.getElementById("messagebox").value = "Your Message...";
|
||
}
|
||
if (document.getElementById("subjectbox").value.length < 1) {
|
||
document.getElementById("subjectbox").value = "Subject...";
|
||
}
|
||
}
|
||
|
||
|
||
function s5_qc_isValidEmail(str_email) {
|
||
if (str_email.indexOf(".") > 2 && str_email.indexOf("@") > 0) {
|
||
alert('Your email is now being submitted - Thank you!');
|
||
document.s5_quick_contact.submit();
|
||
}
|
||
else {
|
||
alert('Your email address is not valid, please check again - Thank you!');
|
||
}
|
||
}
|
||
|
||
function s5_qc_submit() {
|
||
|
||
if (document.getElementById("spambox").value == s5_qc_spam_text || document.getElementById("subjectbox").value == "Subject..." || document.getElementById("namebox").value == "Name..." || document.getElementById("emailbox").value == "Email..." || document.getElementById("messagebox").value == "Your Message...") {
|
||
alert('All fields are required, please complete the form - Thank you!');
|
||
return false;
|
||
}
|
||
|
||
if (document.getElementById("spambox").value != "2619") {
|
||
alert('Your spam verification answer is incorrect.');
|
||
return false;
|
||
}
|
||
|
||
var s5_message_holder = document.getElementById("messagebox").value;
|
||
var s5_first_message_char = s5_message_holder.charAt(0);
|
||
var s5_second_message_char = s5_message_holder.charAt(1);
|
||
var s5_third_message_char = s5_message_holder.charAt(2);
|
||
var s5_fourth_message_char = s5_message_holder.charAt(3);
|
||
|
||
if (s5_first_message_char == "<") {
|
||
return false;
|
||
}
|
||
|
||
if (s5_first_message_char == "w" && s5_second_message_char == "w" && s5_third_message_char == "w") {
|
||
return false;
|
||
}
|
||
|
||
if (s5_first_message_char == "h" && s5_second_message_char == "t" && s5_third_message_char == "t") {
|
||
return false;
|
||
}
|
||
|
||
if (s5_message_holder.indexOf("s5_qc_null") >= 0) {
|
||
return false;
|
||
}
|
||
|
||
if (s5_message_holder.indexOf("s5_qc_null") >= 0) {
|
||
return false;
|
||
}
|
||
|
||
if (s5_message_holder.indexOf("s5_qc_null") >= 0) {
|
||
return false;
|
||
}
|
||
|
||
if (s5_message_holder.indexOf("s5_qc_null") >= 0) {
|
||
return false;
|
||
}
|
||
|
||
if (s5_message_holder.indexOf("s5_qc_null") >= 0) {
|
||
return false;
|
||
}
|
||
|
||
if (s5_message_holder.indexOf("s5_qc_null") >= 0) {
|
||
return false;
|
||
}
|
||
|
||
if (s5_message_holder.indexOf("s5_qc_null") >= 0) {
|
||
return false;
|
||
}
|
||
|
||
if (s5_message_holder.indexOf("s5_qc_null") >= 0) {
|
||
return false;
|
||
}
|
||
|
||
if (s5_message_holder.indexOf("s5_qc_null") >= 0) {
|
||
return false;
|
||
}
|
||
|
||
if (s5_message_holder.indexOf("s5_qc_null") >= 0) {
|
||
return false;
|
||
}
|
||
|
||
if (s5_message_holder.indexOf("s5_qc_null") >= 0) {
|
||
return false;
|
||
}
|
||
|
||
if (s5_message_holder.indexOf("s5_qc_null") >= 0) {
|
||
return false;
|
||
}
|
||
|
||
if (s5_message_holder.indexOf("s5_qc_null") >= 0) {
|
||
return false;
|
||
}
|
||
|
||
if (s5_message_holder.indexOf("s5_qc_null") >= 0) {
|
||
return false;
|
||
}
|
||
|
||
if (s5_message_holder.indexOf("s5_qc_null") >= 0) {
|
||
return false;
|
||
}
|
||
|
||
if (s5_message_holder.indexOf("s5_qc_null") >= 0) {
|
||
return false;
|
||
}
|
||
|
||
if (s5_message_holder.indexOf("s5_qc_null") >= 0) {
|
||
return false;
|
||
}
|
||
|
||
if (s5_message_holder.indexOf("s5_qc_null") >= 0) {
|
||
return false;
|
||
}
|
||
|
||
if (s5_message_holder.indexOf("s5_qc_null") >= 0) {
|
||
return false;
|
||
}
|
||
|
||
if (s5_message_holder.indexOf("s5_qc_null") >= 0) {
|
||
return false;
|
||
}
|
||
|
||
if (s5_message_holder.indexOf("s5_qc_null") >= 0) {
|
||
return false;
|
||
}
|
||
|
||
if (s5_message_holder.indexOf("s5_qc_null") >= 0) {
|
||
return false;
|
||
}
|
||
|
||
if (s5_message_holder.indexOf("s5_qc_null") >= 0) {
|
||
return false;
|
||
}
|
||
|
||
if (s5_message_holder.indexOf("s5_qc_null") >= 0) {
|
||
return false;
|
||
}
|
||
|
||
if (s5_message_holder.indexOf("s5_qc_null") >= 0) {
|
||
return false;
|
||
}
|
||
|
||
if (s5_message_holder.indexOf("s5_qc_null") >= 0) {
|
||
return false;
|
||
}
|
||
|
||
if (s5_message_holder.indexOf("s5_qc_null") >= 0) {
|
||
return false;
|
||
}
|
||
|
||
if (s5_message_holder.indexOf("s5_qc_null") >= 0) {
|
||
return false;
|
||
}
|
||
|
||
if (s5_message_holder.indexOf("s5_qc_null") >= 0) {
|
||
return false;
|
||
}
|
||
|
||
if (s5_message_holder.indexOf("s5_qc_null") >= 0) {
|
||
return false;
|
||
}
|
||
|
||
if (s5_message_holder.indexOf("s5_qc_null") >= 0) {
|
||
return false;
|
||
}
|
||
|
||
else {
|
||
document.getElementById("email_address").value = "info@jesuswordsonly.com";
|
||
var email_str = document.getElementById("emailbox").value;
|
||
s5_qc_isValidEmail(email_str);
|
||
}
|
||
}
|
||
|
||
// ]]>
|
||
</script>
|
||
</div>
|
||
</div>
|
||
</div>
|
||
</div>
|
||
|
||
</div>
|
||
</td>
|
||
<td id="maincol" valign="top">
|
||
<div id="breadcrumbs">
|
||
<span class="breadcrumbs pathway">
|
||
<a href="https://jesuswordsonly.com/" class="pathway">Home</a> <img src="/templates/js_relevant/images/arrow.png" alt="" /> Topic Index</span>
|
||
|
||
</div>
|
||
|
||
|
||
|
||
<table class="contentpaneopen">
|
||
|
||
|
||
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td valign="top">
|
||
<h1><span style="font-size: 18pt;" data-mce-mark="1">Unitarians - Their Wholesome Beginnings</span></h1>
|
||
<p><span style="font-size: 18pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times;" data-mce-mark="1">Whether Unitarians are mostly theologically liberal today should not influence us to assess how they began. Theologically conservative Bible-believing Unitarians, like Anthony Buzzard, still remain.</span></p>
|
||
<p><span style="font-size: 18pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times;" data-mce-mark="1">The Unitarians appear to have begun in a completely orthodox manner to refute the trinity notion of “three persons” in One God. They cited the Bible principle that <img src="data:image/jpeg;base64,/9j/4AAQSkZJRgABAQAAAQABAAD/2wCEAAkGBxQSEhUUEhQWFhUXGB0WFxgYFxoXGBscGBYXGBwcFR0dHCggGBooHBcUITQiJSksLi8uGx8zODMsNygtLysBCgoKDg0OGw8QFywlHR4sLCwwLCwvLCwsLCwsLC0sLCwsLCwsLCwrLCssKywrNyssLCwsLCwuKywsKywrLCwrK//AABEIAHcAYAMBIgACEQEDEQH/xAAbAAABBQEBAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACAAEDBAYFB//EADMQAAEDAQYDBgcAAgMAAAAAAAEAAhEhAwQSMUHwBVFxBmGBkaGxEyIywdHh8SNCBxRS/8QAGQEAAgMBAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAQIAAwQF/8QAIBEAAwEAAgICAwAAAAAAAAAAAAECEQMhBDESQRMiUf/aAAwDAQACEQMRAD8AqvHzRzUE0r692wprQzJM0Ip4AqAGnLRYkAkcffc800ShLf7CB7oqd/pEgbWjRVb1xGzYYLhPLP2yWe4pf7R73NMgAkYRSg5/tUGjuorFA3x/poLXjrNGuPfA9iUzeMsJ/wBm9R+JXB8N+SXgn+KCai7WzXfSQeXdzjVWyyfvGuUf1Y1prOuhlaHg16L2nFoQO8yPdK5wDOpOlVGXAkc0gJInMc8xonIE+mW5S+gL2Xrw4NbOYg+gn9KtEGctN+iJ9p9Qzgn2GSe0jfgq0BoEhU+J3gMbJGUZUM6AHTqr8aZaV8FTtrBtoC0ihzrXmCKUqmREcLhV3/7d5s7J7sAe6CWtEgAEnCIqaQJXpN3/AOPrmzS0tDze+nk0NCyHZ/hxu95s3tm1GI0a0NeCWODcyWmp7umi3dz43bfAdaWtjDxGAAwHYiQ3EJJBpWPSYWTzK5NSh9HQ8aJc60cvjPZu6MYSLOzZpkJ8O+q834jcwx0CozGcx3gii9GbxC1vQ+Ha2b8R+nAwMYDBIhxcS6rXCJ6xKxnGbqWWsOrjkxEmZgUAkkaAap/Dqk3NMfnlOdSOJdnNDpe2R9/v0XeuLmOb8kGKwBB8iuTeLk4OYIgvAIqD3aZZFdHhlxwOxEgnKmQGvU0C3NprTBSzpnWw1JP56QkDWN0CYPjPMV35IganLcpCsK0o91dT9k7ZhBfDDj4p7LIeqrQaJH1A3yUNgak+E9Bp3KWdN/xRPEDUDmjgobLzgi0xBuEgguIgEGmfsu1fO0lm5tnaVL3NxgBrnNmB/sKCa1P0jxXnPHbVxta/TAwjQSKnrQ1Wj4fefg2DZNmC1oLmkEmCTGRic+eSr5+CaxtG/wAO81fRsL/2nbZWePDImA6hjOW05fKNJWAu1o6+Xhxfq1zxGmGojxVDiHEzauhjQB/5aKGOfPIVWi7N3Rt3sLe82zo+XCNZBya3mXH2SRxLgnc/Zl1cn5K69I4t3vXxbZ7nj55oQaQ04YA0AHuV17PT03osrwq2/wAoLiBiJGYgF1aeNFpbG0JJ3B5d8rU1hz6etslcZOeYiMsj+0bHVz2FQtLTCREmW6TTFqe/8KzYuEk6U9Ec60XCzfG/M4V6dUzDAHT8qW9fWTsKsHfKD5JEuhW9JHWtQNYqfL7BQWz5EnXw3miJz3pCqXy2bZtl2QoBrlkO+EyQShxsQ1j6SHQJ1BikagEArj298+XoCYpoKCc4iKJXq3c92Jxrp3DkK6KEsmnd70/CsGTPS7l2Zs2NY4iPkxOcTMS0Elx0zNNAFi+0fGReHhrD/is5waFxNDaOE0JHkO8lWuJdq7xb2PwX4A2gcWsIc4DQy4jRZ9oOxyVHDxUn8res0c3KqSmF0Nj3srqXHiZbR0kc8yI9SFzcB5qQNOwtGaZkamxtQ4AgznUZFTWUx5zy81mLrbOszIymo0P4K0t1tWubIgiOUdQkchLl++s9RmqjnUAPUeeit8QdL3ec6byXEtuK2YMSTGrQTX2SJASOlZnOutFnuK3r4r6fSJA5GczvkivXFcTS1rSJoSfwFzwe478FZKCkEG72UgzcJwnB7t+ScbAcFP0lgREppRIIN3CNjYSCNFBwAiqvcItsL8OjvcCn48VRO9wpbu6HNPIgqNdANTxB0l1c5nTNYy83UsOF3Le9FqeNXgMmM5IAOppn0+6y95tHPMuMnyVMbmiohaN0UrW7oo2tO/4pGsToJIBuiWv8TAHYTQiEIhMR19EoTtaiiIcN3RFCUJqpggneSJqBG0bzQAT8TvHxHlxFNByGnjqevcue8DdFatO/fqoHDeyg1hGgrtd3PcGMaXOcYDRmT3evTNegXTsHYsA+NaWlo6stZDGggCRliNe8eCzPYhwF8sydA4+OGB7lemXuwaZLC+XVIa6J6RXlkdCub5fPU0pno2+LxS5+TWmH7T9mxZWXxbJgZZsEOBcS92JwAdOIimXjpCyQHTzXoPa29Rdn2bbQOGJstcP8rYcDzkimZGk1lYJavFqqjaKvIlTfQGFFCKEt6/lakUIHwQuHREmG9yoRsHyRt8PNMEQUASvsyVC5h3/UkkPodhWD3McHNMEZFafh3aR2ENt8RGeJmGdMwTCSSp5OOa9ofitz6KXGuMWlv8pPyDKWgOp3yToNVyMCSSt45UziJdOnrGwFIMKSScQGN7KQad/1JJQDGhG1h3/UySAp/9k=" alt="" style="float: right;" />God is one, and they did specialized word studies. The movement began with a friend of Martin Luther and Melancthon -- a man named <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Cellarius">Martin Cellarius</a> (1499-1564). He was the first to write in 1527 against the trinity concept in a work entitled <em>De Operibus Dei (Concerning the Workings of God)</em>.</span></p>
|
||
<p><span style="font-size: 18pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times;" data-mce-mark="1">The unitarian movement then first appeared in Poland under the name of Arians or the Polish brethren. In 1660, they were then offered to repent or be exiled from Poland. When this law was executed, this spread the movement first to Holland. Some landed in Transylvania where the Unitarian movement had already formed congregations, and from which the modern Unitarians trace their origin. See <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unitarianism">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unitarianism</a> (May 15, 2004). </span></p>
|
||
<p><br /><span style="font-size: 18pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times;" data-mce-mark="1"> In England, the leading proponent was John Biddle. The <em>Britannica Online</em> discusses his role in English Unitarianism. It appears the Bible was still the central reason for Unitarian dissent, not liberal theology: </span></p>
|
||
<p style="margin-left: 30px;"><span style="font-size: 18pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times;" data-mce-mark="1">“John Biddle (1615-62), an English Socinian, whose knowledge of the Greek text of the New Testament convinced him that the doctrine of the Trinity was not of scriptural origin, published his Unitarian convictions in Twelve Arguments Drawn out of Scripture . . . (1647).”</span></p>
|
||
<p><span style="font-size: 18pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times;" data-mce-mark="1">Biddle’s arguments were zealous for God, but perhaps too confident in use of sillogistic deduction from Scripture. For example, based on logic, he deduced even the Holy Spirit is not God, <em>e.g.,</em> since God is the giver of all things (Acts 17:25), and God gives the Holy Spirit, the Holy Spirit being given cannot be God. For his sillogistic argument, see <a href="http://www.bismikaallahuma.org/Doctrine/biddle.htm.">http://www.bismikaallahuma.org/Doctrine/biddle.htm.</a> Please note the centrality of Scripture in Biddle’s argument, something that later among many Unitarians would change.</span></p>
|
||
<hr />
|
||
<p><span style="font-size: 18pt;"><strong><span style="color: #0000ff;">More on Cellarius</span></strong></span></p>
|
||
<p><span style="font-size: 18pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times;">Cellarius' birthname was Martin Borrhaus. As many scholars did in that day, he latinized his last name, which for him was "Cellarius."</span></p>
|
||
<p><span style="font-size: 18pt;"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', times;" data-mce-mark="1">Cellarius, interestingly, courageously believed that Jews had to be restored to their homeland for the restoration prophecies in the Bible to become fulfilled. See </span><em style="color: #494a44; font-family: 'times new roman', times; font-size: large; line-height: 20px;">Hebrew Bible / Old Testament: The History of Its Interpretation 2: From the Renaissance to the Enlightenment</em><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', times;" data-mce-mark="1"> (ed. Magne Saebo)(Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht 2008) at </span><a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=OMlT-FViF40C&lpg=PA474&dq=martin%20cellarius&pg=PA475#v=onepage&q=martin%20cellarius&f=false" style="color: #517291; text-decoration: underline; font-family: 'times new roman', times; font-size: large; line-height: 20px;">475</a><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', times;" data-mce-mark="1">. This is now well accepted among Christians that the prophecy has actually been fulfilled. But in that day, Bucer -- a Lutheran leader -- responded to Cellarius, and contended that those prophecies all belonged to Christians, and not Israel specifically. Hence, they were to be taken allegorically, not literally. <em>Id.</em>, at <a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=OMlT-FViF40C&lpg=PA474&dq=martin%20cellarius&pg=PA480#v=onepage&q=martin%20cellarius&f=false">480</a>.</span></span></p>
|
||
<p><span style="font-size: 18pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times;" data-mce-mark="1"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', times;" data-mce-mark="1"></span></span></p>
|
||
<p><span style="font-size: 18pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times;" data-mce-mark="1"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', times;" data-mce-mark="1">Cellarius interestingly contended Christians could no longer look down on Jews because Christians had likewise now been long under the influence of the Anti-Christ. By that, Cellarius meant the Roman Catholic Church. <em>Id.</em>, at<a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=OMlT-FViF40C&lpg=PA474&dq=martin%20cellarius&pg=PA475#v=onepage&q=martin%20cellarius&f=false"> 475</a>.</span></span></p>
|
||
<p><span style="font-size: 18pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times;" data-mce-mark="1"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', times;" data-mce-mark="1">Of note, Cellarius was reputedly professor of theology at Geneva during the trial of Servetus. (Robert Wallace, <em>Antitrinitarian Biography</em> (Whitfield, 1850) Vol. 1 at<a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=geJDOcRVo0sC&dq=martin%20cellarius&pg=PA396#v=onepage&q=martin%20cellarius&f=false"> 396</a>.)</span></span></p>
|
||
<p><span style="font-size: 18pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times;" data-mce-mark="1"><span style="color: #494a44; font-family: 'times new roman', times; line-height: 20px;" data-mce-mark="1"> </span></span></p>
|
||
|
||
</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
|
||
</table>
|
||
<span class="article_separator"> </span>
|
||
|
||
</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
</table>
|
||
<div class="bottom_top"></div>
|
||
<div id="bottom">
|
||
</div>
|
||
</div>
|
||
<div id="footer"><strong>Content View Hits</strong> : 15622277<br />
|
||
<script type="text/javascript">
|
||
var pv = new Array(1,0,0,0,1);
|
||
var trdlname = "/downloads";
|
||
//<![CDATA[
|
||
var regex = /\.(?:doc|eps|jpg|png|svg|xls|ppt|pdf|xls|zip|txt|vsd|vxd|js|css|rar|exe|wma|mov|avi|wmv|mp3)($|\&|\?)/;
|
||
//]]>
|
||
var trlkname = "/external/";
|
||
var trmlname = "/mailto/";
|
||
</script>
|
||
<script type="text/javascript" src="https://jesuswordsonly.com/modules/mod_analytics/gatr.js"></script>
|
||
<script type="text/javascript">
|
||
var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www.");
|
||
document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E"));
|
||
</script>
|
||
<script type="text/javascript">
|
||
try {
|
||
var pageTracker = _gat._getTracker("UA-3747914");
|
||
pageTracker._initData();
|
||
pageTracker._trackPageview();
|
||
} catch(err) {}
|
||
</script>
|
||
</div>
|
||
<div class="copyright"></div>
|
||
</div>
|
||
</body>
|
||
</html> |