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Unitarian vs Calvinism - What's the difference?

unitarian | calvinism |

As nouns the difference between unitarian and calvinism

is that unitarian is a Christian who does not believe in the traditional doctrine of the Trinity while Calvinism is the Christian religious tradition based upon the doctrines and forms of Christian practice of several Protestant reformers such as John Calvin as opposed to Lutherans.

As an adjective Unitarian

is pertaining to Unitarianism.

unitarian

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A Christian who does not believe in the traditional doctrine of the Trinity.
  • A follower of Unitarian Universalism; or a member of a Unitarian Universalist Church in North America who adhered to, or identifies with, the Unitarian part of that church prior to consolidation in 1961.
  • (rare) A Muslim, Jew or other kind of monotheist who is not a Christian.
  • A member of a certain political movement, especially the Unitarios'' of nineteenth century Argentina (known as the ''Unitarian Party in English).
  • Synonyms

    * Unitarian Universalist

    Antonyms

    * Trinitarian

    Derived terms

    * Unitarianism

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Pertaining to Unitarianism
  • References

    calvinism

    Noun

    (-)
  • The Christian religious tradition based upon the doctrines and forms of Christian practice of several Protestant reformers such as (John Calvin) as opposed to Lutherans.
  • Hypernyms

    * Protestantism

    Synonyms

    * (Christian religious tradition) Reformed tradition, Reformed faith, Reformed religion, Reformed Christianity

    Derived terms

    * Calvinist * Calvinistic * Calvinistical * Calvinize