Binitariarism

Abstract

Binitarianism is the belief in two persons within one godhead. This is usually distinguished from bitheism—belief in two gods, but this distinction is not always clear in the scholarly literature. In this entry we take the stance that binitarianism self-identifies as a form of monotheism—belief in one god—but one that reckons with a twofold division within that godhead. Its most well-known form, Christian binitarianism consists of a division between Father and Son in the one God.