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Petrinism

Petrinism noun: the Tübingen theory of F. C. Baur (1792-1860) and his school, of a doctrinal trend in primitive Christianity towards Judaism, ascribed to Peter and his party in opposition to Paulinism.

Noun

Petrinism (uncountable)

  1. The Tübingen theory of F. C. Baur (1792-1860) and his school, of a doctrinal trend in primitive Christianity towards Judaism, ascribed to Peter and his party in opposition to Paulinism.

Origin of Petrinism

From Petrine + -ism.

Questions about Petrinism

What does Petrinism mean?
Petrinism means the Tübingen theory of F. C. Baur (1792-1860) and his school, of a doctrinal trend in primitive Christianity towards Judaism, ascribed to Peter and his party in opposition to Paulinism.
What part of speech is Petrinism?
Petrinism is a noun.

Words near Petrinism in the dictionary

  1. Petrimir
  2. Petrin
  3. Petrine
  4. Petrini
  5. Petrinis
  6. Petrinism
  7. Petrinist
  8. Petrinists
  9. Petrinity
  10. Petrinize
  11. Petrinized

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