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tri·the·ism

 (trī′thē-ĭz′əm)
n. Christianity
The belief that the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit are three separate and distinct gods, heretical in orthodox Christianity.
tri′the·ist n.
tri′the·is′tic, tri′the·is′ti·cal adj.
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Noun1.tritheist - someone (not an orthodox Christian) who believes that the Father and Son and Holy Ghost are three separate godstritheist - someone (not an orthodox Christian) who believes that the Father and Son and Holy Ghost are three separate gods
religious person - a person who manifests devotion to a deity
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The anti-Chalcedonian episcopate created by the ordinations of Jacob Baradai ran into immediate trouble when two of the first bishops adhered to the party called 'tritheist' by their critics.
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If Newton downplayed the distinction of Persons, none other than John Philoponus went all out for it, ranking as one of theological history's rather few tritheists. And how did he get there?--by dogged loyalty to Aristotelian philosophical categories!)
The Penultimate Curiosity Roger Wagner and Andrew Briggs

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