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Unitarianism is the belief in the oneness of God, as opposed to the traditional personal God of [[Judeo-Christian]] teachings. [[ Isaac Newton]] and [[Albert Einstein]] are both considered by many to be Unitarians.
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'''Unitarianism''' is the belief in the oneness of God, as opposed to the Christian trinity of Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. It thus contradicts the Nicene Creed; as Unitarian minister has written, "Unitarians and Universalists have always been heretics."<ref>[http://www.uua.org/info/origins.html Unitarian Universalist Origins: Our Historic Faith], Mark W. Harris, minister of the First Parish Unitarian Universalist in Watertown, Massachusetts</ref>
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''Unitarianism'' is also an informal name for the beliefs of a religious denomination, originally the ''American Unitarian Association,'' known since its 1961 merger with the Universalists as the ''Unitarian Universalist Association.''<ref>Members of the denomination are often referred to simply as the Unitarians, although members of the organization, not wishing to overlook Universalism, prefer to call themselves "U-Us."</ref>
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The American Universalist Association was founded in 1825, based on the sermons of [[William Ellery Channing]], notably an 1819 sermon entitled "Unitarian Christianity."
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[[Isaac Newton]] and [[Albert Einstein]] are both considered by many to be Unitarians.{{fact}}
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==Notes and references==
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