List of Unitarian Universalists

A number of noted people have considered themselves Unitarians, Universalists, and following the merger of these denominations in the US and Canada in 1961, Unitarian Universalists. Additionally, there are persons who, because of their writings or reputation, are considered to have held Unitarian or Universalist beliefs. Individuals who held unitarian (nontrinitarian) beliefs but were not affiliated with Unitarian organizations are often referred to as "small 'u'" unitarians. The same principle can be applied to those who believed in universal salvation but were not members of Universalist organizations. This article, therefore, makes the distinction between capitalized "Unitarians" and "Universalists" and lowercase "unitarians" and "universalists".

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Unitarian - Universalists - Denomination - 1961 - Unitarian Universalist - Nontrinitarian - Universal salvation

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It should be noted that the Unitarians and Universalists are groups that existed long before the creation of Unitarian Universalism.

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Unitarian - Universalists - Unitarian Universalism

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In particular it must be noted that prominent Unitarians from the American colonial and early national eras would almost certainly not have subscribed to Universalist tenants; these people were essentially radical Protestant Christians.

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Additionally, the merger did not eliminate divergent Unitarian and Universalist congregations, especially outside the US. Even in the US there are congregations which are strictly Unitarian or Universalist (though with only a few exceptions, are all part of the Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA)); even those which maintain dual affiliation (e.g. Unitarian and Quaker). Transcendentalism was a movement that diverged from contemporary American Unitarianism but has been embraced by later Unitarians and Unitarian Universalists.

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Merger - Quaker - Transcendentalism

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