tetratheism

== English == === Etymology === From tetra- +‎ theism. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /tɛ.tɹəˈθi.ɪzəm/ === Noun === tetratheism (uncountable) A belief in four gods. (Christianity) The belief that there are four elements in the Christian Godhead—the three hypostases (Father, Son, Holy Spirit) of the Trinity and a divine essence out of which each of these originates. For more quotations using this term, see Citations:tetratheism. ==== Derived terms ==== tetratheist ==== Related terms ==== tritheism polytheism monotheism henotheism atheism ==== References ==== William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “tetratheism”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. Tetratheism in Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary, London, W. & R. Chambers, 1907. p. 1003. Tetratheism in Canney, Maurice A. An Encyclopaedia of Religions, London, G. Routledge, 1921. p. 351. →OCLC. Hook, Julius N. The Grand Panjandrum and 2,699 Other Rare, Useful, and Delightful Words and Expressions. Revised and expanded. New York: Collier Books, 1991. p. 132. →ISBN. === See also === trinitarianism