* Oneness Pentecostalism is a grouping of denominations and believers within the Pentecostal movement with various non-trinitarian views.

A notable exception is Oneness Pentecostalism, most adherents of which believe both water baptism and Spirit baptism are integral components of salvation.

Oneness Pentecostalism has been associated with patripassianism.

In order to show the difference between Oneness Pentecostalism and Patripassianism, it must be understood that the Oneness view sees the Person of Jesus as the incarnate Father and Holy Ghost as having suffered up to the death on the Cross.

Oneness Pentecostalism teaches that the Father ( a spirit ) is united with Jesus ( a man ) as the Son of God.

However, Oneness Pentecostalism differs significantly by rejecting sequential modalism and by the full acceptance of the begotten humanity of the Son, not eternally begotten, who was the man Jesus and was born, crucified, and risen, and not the deity.

Oneness Pentecostalism can be compared to Sabellianism, or can be described as holding to a form of Sabellianism, as both are Nontrinitarian, and as both believe that Jesus was " Almighty God in the Flesh ", but they do not totally identify each other.

For example, the Unitarian movement has never accepted the Godhood of Jesus, and therefore does not include those nontrinitarian belief systems which do — such as Oneness Pentecostalism, United Pentecostal Church International and the True Jesus Church — that maintain that Jesus is God as a single person.

* Oneness Pentecostalism

Oneness Pentecostalism ( also known as Apostolic Pentecostalism or One God Pentecostalism ) refers to the denominations within Pentecostal Christianity which subscribe to the nontrinitarian theological doctrine of Oneness.

Oneness Pentecostalism derives its distinctive name from its teaching on the Godhead, which is popularly referred to as the Oneness doctrine.

Whereas most of them require only faith in Jesus for salvation, Oneness Pentecostalism defines salvation as repentance, baptism ( in Jesus ' name ) and receipt of the Holy Spirit with the evidence of speaking in other tongues.

This reflects their interpretation of the Bible, and has caused friction between Oneness Pentecostalism and other churches.

Oneness Pentecostalism rejects all concepts of a subordination, duality, trinity, pantheon, co-equality, co-eternity, or other versions of the Godhead that assert plural gods, plural beings, divine " persons ", individuals, or multiple centers of consciousness within that Godhead.

Restorationists such as David K. Bernard deny any direct link from the Apostolic church to the current Oneness movement, believing that modern Pentecostalism is a total restoration originating from a step-by-step separation within Protestantism, culminating in the final restoration of the early Apostolic Church.

" This is considered to be the historical point when Oneness Pentecostalism emerged as a distinct movement.

Websites speaking favorably of Oneness Pentecostalism.

Since the Oneness position claims that the Name of " Jesus " and the concept of " Person " are common to all three manifestations of Father, Son and Holy Ghost, and yet the manifestations of Father, Son and Holy Ghost are distinct from each other, Oneness theology proposes that Jesus suffered on the cross as Son, but not as Father.

One of the most common phrases in the Zohar is " raza d ' yichuda " the secret of his Unity " which describes the Oneness of God as completely indivisible, even in spiritual terms.

In common with most Protestant denominations, Oneness Pentecostal soteriology maintains that all people are born with a sinful nature, and sin at a young age, and remain " lost " without hope of salvation, unless they embrace the Gospel ; that Jesus Christ made a complete atonement for the sins of all people, which is the sole means of man's redemption ; and that salvation comes solely by grace through faith in Jesus Christ.

In common with other Pentecostals, Oneness believers are known for their charismatic style of worship.

The UPCI adheres to a " Oneness " concept of the Godhead, in contrast to traditional Roman Catholic, Eastern Orthodox and Protestant understandings, which incorporate Trinitarian dogma.

One controversy involves Oneness Pentecostalism, which is opposed by all the Protestant churches.

" Since non-dualism does not recognize a dualism between Oneness and Difference, or even between dualism and non-dualism, it is difficult to state the meaning of this doctrine.

Oneness theology founded upon ancient Jewish doctrine of one God does not accept such a concept.

Oneness Pentecostals and Modalists dispute the traditional Trinitarian doctrine, while affirming the Christian doctrine of God taking on flesh as Jesus Christ.

Oneness Pentecostals reject the Trinity doctrine as pagan and un-Scriptural, and hold to the Jesus ' Name doctrine with respect to baptisms.

When the Assemblies of God formally affirmed the traditional doctrine of the Trinity at its Fourth General Council in October 1916, Oneness Pentecostals were forced to withdraw.

Hence, an understanding of Oneness is critical in any analysis of UPCI doctrine.

Oneness doctrine declares that Jesus Christ is the only begotten Son of God, but that this happened only when he was born from Mary on Earth.

Oneness Pentecostals reject the Trinity doctrine as an extra-Biblical invention and distortion, which dilutes true Biblical Monotheism, and also, in a sense, limits God.

Oneness Pentecostals believe that Trinitarian doctrine is a " tradition of men " and neither scriptural nor a teaching of God, and cite the absence of the word " Trinity " from the Bible as one evidence of this.

Oneness doctrine views Isaiah 9: 6 as prophesying that the Son shall be the " The mighty God " and " The everlasting Father ".

Oneness doctrine also teaches that faith without obedience is not faith, and that to gain salvation, a person must meet certain requirements which they consider to be set forth in the New Testament.

Oneness doctrine maintains the Holy Spirit is the title of the one God in action, hence they maintain that the Holy Spirit within any individual is nothing more or less than God Himself in action, through and indwelling that individual.

Others hold to a Restorationist view, believing that while the Apostles and their church clearly taught Oneness doctrine and the Pentecostal experience, the Apostolic church went into apostasy and ultimately evolved into the Catholic Church.

Bernard says that Barth's doctrine bears such similarities to Oneness thought that his critics labeled him a " modalist.

The second or " Oneness " controversy questioned the baptismal formula, the doctrine of the Trinity, and the understanding of the process of salvation.

Since Oneness Pentecostals deny the historic Christian doctrine of the Trinity, they are rejected by the P ' ent ' ay Christians of Ethiopia.

At the time, the PAOC adhered to the non-Trinitarian Oneness doctrine and there were plans to join the Pentecostal Assemblies of the World ( PAW ), another Oneness Pentecostal denomination based in the U. S. However, those plans never materialized, and the Canadian body remained an independent organization with no formal US ties.

Judaism emphasizes the Oneness of God and rejects the Christian concept of God in human form.

Baba upheld the concept of nonduality, the view that diverse creation, or duality, is an illusion and that the goal of life is conscious realization of the absolute Oneness of God inherent in all animate and inanimate beings and things.

For a more detailed explanation of Oneness Pentecostal beliefs, see the Statistics and denominations section of this article below.

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" If as Oneness believe, that God the Father was incarnate in Christ, which Jesus confessed (" it is the Father in me that doeth the work "), the Father was in Christ during all of the sufferings and being nailed to the cross.

") Dr. Reckart emphasizes that Oneness do not believe as ancient patripassians were accused, that the Father died on the cross as the Son.

There are no known examples of any direct writings of Oneness Pentecostals ascribing to the belief of Patripassianism.

The Father, Son and Holy Ghost are one God according to Oneness theology.

Oneness adherents suggest the question of what Jesus did as a man as opposed to what he was as God.

So, it cannot be said that Oneness theology proposes Patripassianism means the Father died.

What causes the confusion is when trinitarians accuse Oneness adherents of Patripassianism and saying this means the Father died as the Son.

Although Oneness proponents claim " Jesus " is the name of the Father ( in that he by inheritance obtained a more excellent name ), Oneness people are speaking in terms of the humanity of God as different from the trinitarian claim Jesus was the second God of rank in the trinity who became human.

If one equates Jesus as the human incarnation of God the Father, it will be clear Oneness proposes that the manifestation of Father suffered when Jesus suffered.

Any other statement by trinitarians about Oneness belief and Patripassianism is false.

In summary, the Oneness position applies the name of Jesus to His Person.