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Christocentrism

Christocentrism proper noun: a form of Christianity that concentrates on the teaching of Jesus Christ.

Proper noun

Christocentrism

  1. A form of Christianity that concentrates on the teaching of Jesus Christ.
    • The latter, a principial christocentrism, may include the monergistic view of salvation, but it will also assume that Christ is the principium cognoscendi theologiae or, in Kickel's phrase the Erkenntnissgrund of theology.2011, David Gibson, Reading the Decree

Origin of Christocentrism

From Christo- + -centrism.

Questions about Christocentrism

What does Christocentrism mean?
Christocentrism means a form of Christianity that concentrates on the teaching of Jesus Christ.
What part of speech is Christocentrism?
Christocentrism is a proper noun.

Words near Christocentrism in the dictionary

  1. Christo-Muslim
  2. Christocentric
  3. Christocentrically
  4. Christocentricism
  5. Christocentricity
  6. Christocentrism
  7. christocentrist
  8. christocentrists
  9. Christocrat
  10. Christocrats
  11. Christodoulou

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