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adoptionism

adoptionism noun: 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.

Noun

adoptionism (countable and uncountable, plural adoptionisms)

  1. 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

adoptionism meaning in Kannada

adoptionism in Kannada

ಅಳವಡಿಸಿಕೊಳ್ಳುವಿಕೆ

Forms of adoptionism

pluraladoptionisms

Origin of adoptionism

From adoption + -ism.

Words formed from adoptionism

Questions about adoptionism

What does adoptionism mean?
Adoptionism means 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.
What is adoptionism in Kannada?
Adoptionism in Kannada is ಅಳವಡಿಸಿಕೊಳ್ಳುವಿಕೆ. See Adoptionism meaning in Kannada.
What part of speech is adoptionism?
Adoptionism is a noun.
What is the plural of adoptionism?
The plural of adoptionism is adoptionisms.

Words near adoptionism in the dictionary

  1. adopting out
  2. adoption
  3. adoption name
  4. adoption names
  5. adoptional
  6. adoptionism
  7. adoptionisms
  8. adoptionist
  9. adoptionistic
  10. adoptionistically
  11. adoptionists

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