noun
- the belief that the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit are three distinct gods rather than three persons of one God
Usage: theological
Examples
- The early church condemned tritheism as heretical.
- Tritheism contradicts the Christian doctrine of the Trinity.
- Some theologians accused their opponents of promoting tritheism.
- The council rejected any form of tritheism in favor of orthodox Trinitarian belief.
- Tritheism suggests three separate divine beings rather than one unified God.
- Medieval scholars wrote extensively against tritheism.