Christian denomination Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! === Unitarianism === {{Further|Biblical Unitarianism}} Within Italy, Poland, Lithuania, Transylvania, Hungary and Romania [[Unitarianism|Unitarian Churches]] emerged from the [[Reformed tradition]] in the 16th century.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Fahlbusch |first1=Erwin |last2=Bromiley |first2=Geoffrey William |last3=Lochman |first3=Jan Milic |last4=Mbiti |first4=John |last5=Pelikan |first5=Jaroslav |title=The Encyclodedia of Christianity, Vol. 5 |date=14 February 2008 |publisher=Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing |isbn=978-0-8028-2417-2 |page=603 |language=English}}</ref><ref>J. Gordon Melton, ''Encyclopedia of Protestantism'', 2005, p. 543: "Unitarianism β The word ''unitarian'' [italics] means one who believes in the oneness of God; historically it refers to those in the Christian community who rejected the doctrine of the Trinity (one God expressed in three persons). Non-Trinitarian Protestant churches emerged in the 16th century in ITALY, POLAND, and TRANSYLVANIA."</ref> They adopted the [[Anabaptist]] doctrine of [[credobaptism]].<ref name="Bochenski2013">{{cite book |last1=Bochenski |first1=Michael I. |title=Transforming Faith Communities: A Comparative Study of Radical Christianity in Sixteenth-Century Anabaptism and Late Twentieth-Century Latin America |date=14 March 2013 |publisher=Wipf and Stock Publishers |isbn=978-1-62189-597-8 |language=English}}</ref> The [[Unitarian Church of Transylvania]] is an example of such a denomination that arose in this era and is represented in the [[Protestant Theological Institute of Cluj]]. Due to their rejection of the [[Athanasian Creed]] which contains the doctrine of the [[Trinity]], many [[Nicene Christianity|mainstream Christian Churches]] do not recognize Unitarians as Christians.<ref name="Cameron1872">{{cite book |last1=Cameron |first1=Archibald Alexander |title=Protestantism and Its Relation to the Moral, Intellectual and Spiritual Developments of Modern Times: A Lecture Delivered in the Baptist Chapel, Ottawa, on Sunday Evening, Jan. 21st, 1872 |date=1872 |publisher=Joseph Loveday |page=12 |language=English}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page