#religious doctrine
- Aniconism — A doctrine, movement, or belief system that prohibits or discourages the creation and worship of material images depicting divinity or other spiritual entities. Unlike iconoclasm, which involves the violent destruction of existing images, this concept represents a preventive conduct, preferring the manifestation of the sacred through the written word, holy texts, or non-representative symbols.
- Antitrinitarian — Opposing the Christian dogma of the Holy Trinity, denying the full divinity of Jesus Christ as co-equal with God the Father, or viewing the Holy Spirit merely as a manifestation of divine power; a person belonging to a religious movement based on this theological conception (such as ancient Arianism or Reformation-era Unitarianism).
- Anti-trinitarianism — A theological movement, heterodox Christian doctrine, or ideological stance manifested throughout church history, characterized by the explicit rejection of the dogma of the Trinity. With roots in the monarchianism and Arianism of the early centuries, anti-trinitarianism structured itself as a major movement during the Radical Reformation through Unitarianism and Socinianism, promoting the idea that God is a single, absolute person.
- Anthropomorphist — A person who adheres to the principles of anthropomorphism or who depicts deities and forces of nature in human form. As an adjective, it describes an author, an artist, a religious group, or an artwork grounded in anthropomorphism, focused on granting human features to non-human elements.