Unitarianism
Unitarianism,a Christian body which rejects the Trinity and the divinity of Christ in favour of the single personality of the Godhead. As an organized community it became established in Poland, Hungary, and England in the 16th–17th cents. In England John Biddle ( 1615 – 62 ) published Unitarian tracts in 1652 – 4 and from 1652 his followers ( Biddelians , Socinians , or ‘Unitarians’) began regular Sunday worship. More than 100 years later Joseph Priestley in his Appeal to the Serious and Candid Professors of Christianity ( 1770 ) defended Unitarian principles, and in 1773 Theophilus Lindsey ( 1723 – 1808 ) formed the first Unitarian denomination, opening in 1774 Essex Chapel in London. Both Priestley and his friend R. Price became original members of the Unitarian Society in 1791 . In the 18th cent. Dissenting congregations, including the English Presbyterians, turned to Unitarian views. Later...
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