adoptianism
adoptianism is the alternative form of adoptionism.
Meaning of adoptionism
Noun
adoptionism (countable and uncountable, plural adoptionisms)
- A form of Christianity which maintains that Jesus is divine only in the sense that God the Father adopted him, either at Jesus' birth, or at his death, as opposed to the orthodox understanding of the nature of the Trinity.
- This account is close to Matthew 3:13–17 and its parallels in Mark and Luke, with one key difference—the addition of the phrase, “This day I have begotten you.” The Ebionites chose the moment of Jesus’ baptism by John as the key moment in which Jesus became God’s son, rather than the moment of...2000, Keith Akers, “[3] A VOICE IN THE WILDERNESS”, in The lost religion of Jesus: simple living and nonviolence in early Christianity, New York, NY: Lantern Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 46
Forms of adoptianism
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Origin of adoptianism
Possibly from adopt + -ian + -ism.
Questions about adoptianism
- What is adoptianism the alternative form of?
- Adoptianism is the alternative form of adoptionism.
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