Christadelphians

Trinity denied; God is one person, the Father alone; Jesus is his Son

One God, the Father alone; omnipotent, personal Creator; not a Trinity

Holy Spirit is God's active power, not a divine person of a Trinity

Son of God born of Mary; fully human; not pre-existent divine being

Jesus conceived by God's power in the Virgin Mary; literal miracle affirmed

Christ had no pre-existence; he began at conception in Mary's womb

Salvation by faith and baptism by immersion; moral obedience is required

Christ's death reconciles sinners to God; not classical penal substitution

God foreknew and purposed salvation through Christ; human free will is genuine

No inherited guilt from Adam; Adam's sin brought mortality, not legal condemnation

No immortal soul; soul sleep at death; resurrection to immortality for the faithful

No eternal conscious punishment; unfaithful are destroyed, not tormented forever

Faithful receive immortality on earth in Christ's kingdom; not heaven above

Christ returns bodily to Jerusalem; raises the responsible dead and judges them

Literal earthly reign of Christ centered in Jerusalem; saints rule with him

Autonomous local ecclesias; Scripture supreme; no denominational hierarchy

No ordained clergy; baptized male members preach, preside, and serve

Baptism by immersion required; weekly breaking of bread central to worship

66-book Protestant canon; Bible alone is the supreme authority for faith

Bible fully inspired and truthful; inerrancy of the original Scriptures affirmed

Scripture is complete; no ongoing prophecy or extra-biblical revelation accepted

Rejects Logos as pre-existent divine person; Christ as exalted human Son of God

Virgin birth affirmed but not stressed; 'almah' can mean young woman; miraculous conception

Rejects papal/ecclesiastical authority reading; Christ is the rock; no apostolic succession

God's sovereign power in election; Israel's rejection and calling; divine prerogative

Works essential to faith; Abraham's faith demonstrated by obedience and works

Baptism into Trinity affirmed; immersion in water required; apostolic practice foundation

Rejects application to Son's pre-existence; sees address or exaltation of the Son

Millennial kingdom expected; literal or symbolic interpretation varies; Christ's return literal

God as Creator affirmed; varied on creation timeline; some accept evolution, others reject

Textual status acknowledged; authority varies; signs and wonders normative in some groups

Textual status acknowledged; narrative valued for Jesus' mercy; limited doctrinal weight

Comma Johanneum rejected as non-original; not cited for Trinitarian doctrine

Deuterocanonical books not canonical; Apocrypha rejected; Hebrew Bible canon only

Not canonical; patristic literature valued for history but not Scripture

Sunday gathering for breaking of bread; Mosaic Sabbath not imposed on Christians

No official prohibition; blood transfusions are permitted for medical care

Pacifist; conscientious objectors; military service refused on biblical grounds

Christmas and Easter largely avoided; weekly breaking of bread is the focus