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A History of Christian Doctrine #3 - Online Christian Library

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The Jesus Name<br />

Controversy<br />

The second doctrinal division in the Pentecostal<br />

movement came over water baptism in the name <strong>of</strong> Jesus<br />

Christ and the oneness <strong>of</strong> God. The Oneness doctrine<br />

affirms that God is one personal being, not a trinity <strong>of</strong><br />

persons, and that Jesus Christ is the manifestation <strong>of</strong> the<br />

fullness <strong>of</strong> God, not just one <strong>of</strong> three persons. (See<br />

Deuteronomy 6:4; Colossians 2:9; I Timothy 3:16.)<br />

Trinitarians called this belief “the New Issue” and<br />

“Jesus Only,” the latter because proponents baptized in<br />

the name <strong>of</strong> Jesus only instead <strong>of</strong> using the traditional<br />

trinitarian formula. Some trinitarians, however, began to<br />

use this label to accuse Oneness believers <strong>of</strong> denying the<br />

Father and the Holy Spirit. For this reason, most Oneness<br />

believers eventually rejected the designation “Jesus Only,”<br />

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