Tritheism is the belief that there are three equally powerful gods who form a triad. The gods are envisaged as having separate powers and separate supreme beings or spheres of influence but working together. In this respect Tritheism differs from Dualism, which typically envisages two opposed Divine powers in conflict with one another. A sphere of influence is a metaphorical region of political influences surrounding a country. ... It has been suggested that Combative dualism be merged into this article or section. ...

Unitarians and other nontrinitarians claim the orthodox trinitarian Christian doctrine of the Holy Trinity of Father, Son and Holy Spirit as Tritheism, since these distinct "personalities" seem to act independently of one another, though not in conflict. Wikisource has original text related to this article: Unitarian Christianity Historic Unitarianism believed in the oneness of God as opposed to traditional Christian belief in the Trinity (Father, Son, and Holy Spirit). ... Nontrinitarianism or (the Roman Catholic term) Antitrinitarianism, is the doctrine that rejects the Trinitarian doctrine that God subsists as three distinct persons in the single substance of the Holy Trinity. ... Trinitarianism is the Christian doctrine that God, although one being, exists in three distinct persons (hypostases) known collectively as the Holy Trinity. ... Christianity is a monotheistic religion centered on the life, teachings, and actions of Jesus of Nazareth, known by Christians as Jesus Christ, as recounted in the New Testament. ... For other uses, see Trinity (disambiguation). ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

Proponents of trinitarianism claim that the three persons of the Trinity do not have separate powers, since they are omnipotent, and do not have separate spheres of influence, since their sphere of influence is unlimited. They argue that the persons of the Trinity have one divine essence and are indivisible, whereas Tritheism appears to suggest three separate gods. Athanasius (b. 298 A.D.) attempted to distinguish Trinitarianism from Tritheism and Modalism. Athanasius of Alexandria (also spelled Athanasios) was a Christian bishop of Alexandria in the fourth century. ... In Christianity, Sabellianism (also known as modalism) is the second-century belief that the three persons of the Trinity are merely different modes or aspects of God, rather than three distinct persons. ...

At various times in the history of Christianity, various theologians were accused by the church of tritheism, which the church treated as heresy. John Philoponus, an Aristotelian and monophysite in Alexandria about the middle of the sixth century, was charged with tritheism because he saw in the Trinity as separated three natures, substances, and deities, according to the number of persons. He sought to justify this view by the Aristotelian categories of genus, species, and individuum. This article outlines the history of Christianity and provides links to relevant topics. ... Heresy, according to the Oxford English Dictionary, is a theological or religious opinion or doctrine maintained in opposition, or held to be contrary, to the Catholic or Orthodox doctrine of the Christian Church, or, by extension, to that of any church, creed, or religious system, considered as orthodox. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Joannes Philoponus. ... Aristotle (Ancient Greek: Aristotelēs 384 BC – March 7, 322 BC) was an ancient Greek philosopher, who studied with Plato and taught Alexander the Great. ... Monophysitism (from the Greek monos meaning one and physis meaning nature) is the christological position that Christ has only one nature, as opposed to the Chalcedonian position which holds that Christ has two natures, one divine and one human. ...

Tritheism was revived in the Anglican Church in 1690 by Dean Sherlock in his work, "Vindication of the Doctrine of the Holy and ever Blessed Trinity." He maintained that, with the exception of a mutual consciousness of each other, which no created spirits can have, the three divine persons are "three distinct infinite minds" or "three intelligent beings." He was widely opposed by trinitarians. More recently Mormonism is described as tritheistic or polytheistic, by the standard of the trinitarianism of the ecumenical and catholic tradition, because it posits that the "Godhead" is a council of three distinct beings unified in purpose, who like all other angels and men are eternally existent, but whose relationship to one another is unique; consequently there is no distinction between God's being (solitary, transcendent and eternal) in contrast to created being, as there is in traditional Christianity. Mormonism is a religion, movement, ideology, and subculture that originated in the early 1800s as a product of the Latter Day Saint movement led principally by Joseph Smith, Jr. ...

The so-called Hindu Trinity of Brahma the creator, Vishnu the preserver and Shiva the destroyer has also been said to constitute a Tritheistic belief system. Like the Chistian Trinity, these beings are understood to work ultimately in harmony with one another. However, this Hindu trinity does not have doctrinal status as in trinitarian Christianity, but is posited as simply one of many ways in which the Divine order of the universe may be understood. In Hinduism, the Trimurti (also called the Hindu trinity) are three aspects of God in His forms as Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva. ... This article concerns the Hindu creator god, Brahma. ... For other uses of the name Vishnu, see Vishnu (disambiguation). ... This article is about the Hindu God Åšiva. ...