Christomonism is a Christocentric viewpoint within Christianity that only accepts one divine person, Jesus Christ, rather than the Holy Trinity.

As a form of nontrinitarianism, belief in Christomonism is not part of mainstream Christianity, which follows the rulings of the ecumenical councils, including the First Council of Nicaea and First Council of Constantinople, which established Trinitarianism as part of mainstream Christian belief.

Criticism

Main article: Christofascism § Christomonism

Douglas John Hall has related Christomonism to Dorothee Sölle's concept of Christofascism. He states that the over-divinized ("high") Christology of Christendom is demonstrated to be wrong by its "almost unrelieved anti-Judaism".[1][2][3]

References

  1. ^ Hall, Douglas John (November 6, 1999). "Confessing Christ in a Post-Christendom Context". 1999 Covenant Conference, Network of Presbyterians. Atlanta, Georgia: Religion Online. Archived from the original on August 23, 2007. Retrieved December 21, 2007. ...shall we say this, represent this, live this, without seeming to endorse the kind of christomonism (Dorothee Sölle called it 'Christofascism'!...
  2. ^ Rhee, Helen (2005). "Superiority of Christian Monotheism". Early Christian Literature: Christ and Culture in the Second and Third Centuries. Routledge. p. 80. ISBN 0-415-35487-0.
  3. ^ Hall, Douglas John. "The Identity of Jesus in a Pluralistic World". Archived from the original (Microsoft Word) on 2008-02-28. Retrieved 2007-12-21.

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