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

Like other Oneness believers, the UPCI baptizes " in the Name of Jesus Christ ", while Trinitarians use " in the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit ".

Other Oneness believers assert that Matthew 28: 19 was changed to the traditional Triune formula by the Catholic Church.

The Oneness emphasis on " standards " has equally led to charges of spiritual legalism by members of other faiths, though Oneness believers ardently deny this allegation.

Oneness believers say that God can operate using an unlimited number of faces or modes, not just three.

When Oneness believers speak of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, they see these as three personal manifestations of one being, one personal God:

; The Son of God: Oneness believers consider that God was incarnate in human flesh as Jesus of Nazareth.

Oneness believers, on the other hand, see Jesus as one single person uniting the one God himself with human nature to form " the Son of God ".

Oneness believers insist that while they do indeed believe in baptism in the name of Jesus Christ, to describe them as " Jesus Only Pentecostals " implies a denial of the Father and Holy Spirit — a contention they vehemently reject.

Oneness believers are often accused of being Monistic or Modalistic.

Oneness believers believe that for water baptism to be valid, one must be baptized in the name of Jesus, rather than the mainstream baptismal formula in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.

Oneness believers insist that all of the Bible's texts on the subject must be in full agreement with each other ; thus, they say that either the Apostles disobeyed the command they had been given in Matthew 28: 19 or they correctly fulfilled it by using the name of Jesus Christ.

Some Oneness believers consider that the text of Matthew 28: 19 is not original, quoting the early Church historian Eusebius, who referred to this passage at least eighteen times in his works.

" However, most Oneness believers do believe that Matthew 28: 19 is authentic and original due to divine providence and preservation of the Scriptures.

Hence, Oneness believers claim that this constitutes proof that the " Jesus-name " formula was the original one, and that the Trinitarian invocation was erroneously substituted for it later.

As do most Pentecostals, Oneness believers maintain that the initial sign of the infilling Holy Spirit is speaking in tongues, and that the New Testament mandates this as a minimal requirement.

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

Oneness believers, like all Pentecostals, are characterized by their practice of speaking in other tongues.

Subsequent to this act, Oneness believers hold that separation from the world in both practical and moral areas is essential to spiritual life.

Practical or outward holiness for Oneness believers involves certain " holiness standards " that dictate, among other things, modest apparel and gender distinction.

Oneness believers respond by saying that holiness is commanded by God, and that it follows salvation, rather than causes it.

Bernard theorizes that the majority of all believers were Oneness adherents until the time of Tertullian, who died circa 225, and was the first notable Church figure to use the term Trinity to describe God.

Schaepe ( whose name is often misspelled Scheppe in a number of sources ) claimed during this camp-meeting that the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost was the name Lord Jesus Christ which name was later part of the baptismal command posited by Peter in — i. e., baptism " in the name of Jesus Christ " — was the fulfillment and counterpart of the Great Commission in constituting baptism " in the name ( singular ) of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit ( which " name " Oneness believers hold to be that of Jesus ).

Consequently, they may not recognize religious communities that baptize without this formula – e. g. Unitarians, Branhamists, Frankists, Jehovah's Witnesses, and Oneness Pentecostals, all of whom deny the Trinity – as Christian religions.

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.

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

If, however, a convert comes from a Christian confession that baptizes in the name of Jesus ( such as Oneness Pentecostals ), from one which practices an invalid, non-Trinitarian baptism ( such as Mormons or Jehovah's Witnesses ) or from one that does not practice baptism at all ( such as Quakers or The Salvation Army ), baptism is a prerequisite for chrismation-an initiate must always be validly baptized into the death of Jesus in the name of the Holy Trinity before any further holy mysteries or sacraments of initiation can be administered.

This interracial organization adopted the PAW name and remained the only Oneness Pentecostal body until late 1924.

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.

Oneness teaching maintains that God revealed himself as Jesus Christ, and is based primarily on " the saving Name " of Jesus Christ and recognition of Jesus as the revealed, supreme, and one true name of God.

Although Matthew 28: 19 seems to mandate a Trinitarian formula for baptism, Oneness theology avows that the " name " in that verse is actually singular and refers to Jesus, whose name they believe to be that of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

Oneness Pentecostals assert that of the five mentions of baptism in the Book of Acts, all were performed in the name of Jesus Christ, and that no Trinitarian formula is ever referred to therein.

In addition, 1 Corinthians 1: 13 is taken by Oneness Pentecostals to indicate baptism in Jesus ' name, as well.

" 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.

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

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.

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.

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

Like Trinitarians, Oneness adherents believe that Jesus Christ is fully God and fully man.

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 Pentecostals believe that Jesus was " Son " only when he became flesh on earth, but was the Father prior to his being made human.

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

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.