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Though one of the earliest Christians to use the term "Trinity" and holding the Son to be of the same substance as the Father, Tertullian stated in his work "Against Praxeas" that the Son was both "Created and Generated", and in his other work "Against Hermogenes" that the Son "did not always exist", and was inferior to the Father who was "older and nobler". * [[Origen of Alexandria]], 253 ([[Subordinationist]]) * [[Sabellius]], {{c.|220}} ([[Modalist]]: the eponymous heresiarch of [[Sabellianism]], or "monarchic modalism"), rejected the idea of co-eternal co-equal distinct persons in the Godhead, but taught that God is a singular Person who manifests himself in multiple and various ways, faces, modes, and operations in history and specific circumstances * [[Theodotus of Byzantium]] * [[Artemon]] * [[Paul of Samosata]], 269, Bishop of Antioch, believed in monarchianism, the doctrine that says that the Father alone is supreme and that God is not co-equal persons, but one unequal almighty person. Bishop Paul also held to adoptionism which teaches that Jesus was adopted as the Son of God at his baptism, resurrection, or ascension. * [[Lucian of Antioch]], 312, Christian presbyter, ([[theologian]]) and ([[martyr]]) * [[Arius]], 336, presbyter of Alexandria, major theologian of the doctrine of [[Arianism]] in 4th century. He opposed the [[Homoousian]] declarations of the Alexandrian Bishop [[Pope Alexander I of Alexandria|Alexander of Alexandria]], making him a primary topic of the [[First Council of Nicea]] in AD 325. * [[Eusebius of Nicomedia]], 341, (Arian) * [[Eusebius of Caesarea]], (Christian historian) * [[Constantius II]], [[Byzantine Emperor]], 361 * [[Antipope Felix II]], 365 * [[Aëtius of Antioch]], 367 * [[Ulfilas]], Apostle to the Goths, 383 * [[Priscillian]], 385, considered first Christian to be executed for [[heresy]] * [[Francesco della Sega]], (1528–1565) * [[Ludwig Haetzer]], 1529 * [[Michael Servetus]], 1553, [[burned at the stake]] in Geneva under [[John Calvin]] * [[Sebastian Castellio]], 1563 * [[Ferenc Dávid]], 1579 * [[Justus Velsius]], {{c.|1581}} * [[Fausto Paolo Sozzini]], 1604 * [[John Milton]], 1608–1674. (disputed) * [[Edward Wightman]], 1612, [[burned at the stake]] * [[Isaac Newton]], 1642–1726/27 * [[John Biddle (Unitarian)|John Biddle]], 1662 * [[Thomas Aikenhead]], 1697, last person to be hanged for [[blasphemy]] in Britain * [[John Locke]], 1704<ref name=dulles>Avery Cardinal Dulles. [http://www.firstthings.com/article.php3?id_article=143 The Deist Minimum]. 2005.</ref> * [[Elias Hicks]], 1742, [[Quaker]] * [[William Whiston]], 1752, expelled from [[University of Cambridge]] in 1710 for Arianism; famous for translating [[Josephus]] * [[Jonathan Mayhew]], 1766 * [[Emanuel Swedenborg]], 1772, provided the theology for [[Swedenborgianism]] * [[Joseph Priestley]], 1804 * [[John Adams]] * [[Thomas Jefferson]] * [[John Quincy Adams]] * [[Millard Fillmore]] * [[William Howard Taft]] * [[Joseph Smith]], 1805, founder of the [[Latter-day Saint movement]] ([[Mormonism]]) * [[Mary Baker Eddy]], 1821, founder of [[Christian Science]] * [[William Ellery Channing]], 1842 * [[Robert Hibbert (Anti-Trinitarian)|Robert Hibbert]], 1849 * [[John Thomas (Christadelphian)|John Thomas]] (Christadelphian), 1871 * [[Ralph Waldo Emerson]], 1882 * [[Robert Roberts (Christadelphian)|Robert Roberts]] (Christadelphian), 1898 * [[Benjamin Wilson (Biblical scholar)|Benjamin Wilson]], 1900 * [[James Martineau]], 1900 * [[Félix Manalo]], 1914 * [[Charles Taze Russell]], 1916, founder of the [[Bible Student movement]] and [[Jehovah's Witnesses]], author of ''[[Millennial Dawn]]'' * [[Joseph Franklin Rutherford]], 2nd president of the [[Watchtower Bible and Tract Society]] * [[Alan Hayward]] (Christadelphian), 1923 * [[Johannes Greber]] (Catholic priest) * [[Eliseo Soriano]], 1947 * [[William Branham]], 1965 * [[Herbert W. Armstrong]], 1986, founder of the [[Worldwide Church of God]], a [[Sabbath in seventh-day churches|Sabbatarian Christian Church]], and was an advocate of the doctrine of Binitarianism. * [[Sir Anthony Buzzard, 3rd Baronet|Anthony Buzzard]] (Biblical Unitarian) {{Div col end}} 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