Jesus in Christianity

== Nontrinitarian perspectives ==
{{Further|Nontrinitarianism}}
The doctrine of the Trinity, including the belief that Jesus is a [[prosopon|person]] of the Trinity, is not universally accepted among Christians.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|title=Antitrinitarianism| url=http://www.gameo.org/encyclopedia/contents/A597.html| last=Friedmann|first=Robert| encyclopedia=Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia |access-date=October 24, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{CathEncy|wstitle=Blessed Trinity|first=George H. |last= Joyce}}</ref> Nontrinitarian Christian groups include [[the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]],<ref>{{citation |title= Mormonism 101: What is Mormonism |url= http://www.mormonnewsroom.org/article/mormonism-101 |work= MormonNewsroom.org |publisher= LDS Church |access-date= October 21, 2014 |date= October 13, 2014 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20141021175426/http://www.mormonnewsroom.org/article/mormonism-101 |archive-date= October 21, 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref> [[Unitarianism|Unitarians]] and [[Jehovah's Witnesses]].<ref>"Antitrinitarianism." F. L. Cross (Editor), E. A. Livingstone (Editor). ''The Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church.'' New York: Oxford University Press, 2005. {{ISBN|978-0192802903}}</ref> Though modern nontrinitarian groups all reject the doctrine of the Trinity, their views still differ widely on the nature of Jesus. Some do not believe that Jesus is God, instead believing that he was a messenger from God, or prophet, or the perfect created human. This is the view espoused by ancient sects such as the [[Ebionites]],<ref>{{Cite book| author = Hyam Maccoby| title = The Mythmaker: Paul and the Invention of Christianity| pages = 172–183| publisher = HarperCollins | year = 1987 | isbn = 0-06-250585-8| author-link = Hyam Maccoby}}</ref> and modern-day Unitarians.<ref>{{cite book |first=David |last=Miano |title=An Explanation of Unitarian Christianity |publisher=AUC |year=2003 |page=15 |url=http://americanunitarian.org/explanation.htm |access-date=2020-06-06 |archive-date=2019-05-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190521191654/http://www.americanunitarian.org/explanation.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref>