ditheism

The concept of black and white alone is an odd concept, often called ditheism, that is advanced almost exclusively in the Judeo-Christian tradition to the best of my knowledge.

waterdiluted Diary Entry waterdiluted 2005

If Christ were divine in an absolute sense, yet distinct from God, there were thus two gods, and Christianity was a form of ditheism, not monotheism.

Dictionary of the History of Ideas S. G. F. BRANDO 1968

The heresy of "Minut," frequently mentioned in the Talmud, consisted originally, in the opinion of modern scholars, of a Gnostic ditheism; [217] and during the latter part of the first century and thereafter we hear of sects in Egypt and Syria which supported similar theories.

Philo-Judaeus of Alexandria Norman Bentwich 1927

Hesychasts, stated by Barlaam to contain ditheism.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 7: Gregory XII-Infallability 1840-1916 1913

It means that the champion of Jewish monotheism wanders into a vague ditheism.

Philo-Judaeus of Alexandria Bentwich, Norman 1910

The heresy of “Minut,” frequently mentioned in the Talmud, consisted originally, in the opinion of modern scholars, of a Gnostic ditheism; [217] and during the latter part of the first century and thereafter we hear of sects in Egypt and Syria which supported similar theories.

Philo-Judaeus of Alexandria Bentwich, Norman 1910

It seems to him that no view of that great and central truth can possibly be true, which (i) represents it as the result of a transaction between the Father and the Son, which is ditheism pure and simple; or which (ii) regards it as intended to relieve us of the penalty of our sins, instead of having as its one motive, meaning, and purpose the "cure of sinning."

Gloria Crucis addresses delivered in Lichfield Cathedral Holy Week and Good Friday, 1907 1902

Too often it is so held, and so preached and represented, as in this case, that monotheism is tacitly abandoned in favour of ditheism or tritheism.

Gloria Crucis addresses delivered in Lichfield Cathedral Holy Week and Good Friday, 1907 1902

Only-begotten is guiltless of ditheism, for the Son of God, in being born into the Godhead, manifested in Himself the nature of God His

NPNF2-09. Hilary of Poitiers, John of Damascus 1898

Thus Jesus is elevated quite above ordinary humanity, and a close approach is made to ditheism, although he is still emphatically subordinated to God by being made the creator of the world, -- an office then regarded as incompatible with absolute divine perfection.

The Unseen World, and Other Essays 1876