From what I can understand of Trinitarian doctrine the term "person" did originally have the sense of "persona" or a role played by one individual. So Trinitarianism and Oneness actually have quite a bit in common. Here's what I see as the major differences...
Oneness teaches that God manifests himself in three primary personas at appointed times. For example, the Father was simply the Father until he chose to manifest himself in the Son when Christ was born. The Father was always the Spirit, but was revealed specifically acting in the role on behalf of the church at Pentecost.
Trinitarianism believes that GOD has eternally revealed himself in these three personas from eternity past and will throughout eternity future.
From what I can understand of Trinitarian doctrine the term "person" did originally have the sense of "persona" or a role played by one individual. So Trinitarianism and Oneness actually have quite a bit in common. Here's what I see as the major differences...
Oneness teaches that God manifests himself in three primary personas at appointed times. For example, the Father was simply the Father until he chose to manifest himself in the Son when Christ was born. The Father was always the Spirit, but was revealed specifically acting in the role on behalf of the church at Pentecost.
Trinitarianism believes that GOD has eternally revealed himself in these three personas from eternity past and will throughout eternity future.
Maybe, I've only speculated on that. However, as I have pointed out in the past, Trinitarians later adopted the word Hypostasis (substance) to mean or refer to each "person" of the trinity
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There is One God. This one God reveals Himself distinctly as Father, Son and Holy Ghost.
The Son is God himself in a human form or "God manifested in the flesh" (1Tim 3:16)
Every sinner must repent of their sins.
That Jesus name baptism is the only biblical mode of water baptism.
That the Holy Ghost is for today and is received by faith with the initial evidence of speaking in tongues.
The saint will go on to strive to live a holy life, pleasing to God.
I said NO because it erringly makes synonymous the term "modes of being" (from whence modalism, Oneness, derives its meaning) with hypostasis.
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