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psilanthropism

or ±è²õ¾±Â·±ô²¹²Ô·³Ù³ó°ù´Ç·±è²â

[ sahy-lan-thruh-piz-uhm ]

noun

  1. the doctrine that Jesus Christ was only a human being.


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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ±è²õ¾±Â·±ô²¹²Ô·³Ù³ó°ù´Ç±è·¾±³¦ [sahy-l, uh, n-, throp, -ik], adjective
  • ±è²õ¾±Â·±ô²¹²Ôt³ó°ù´Ç·±è¾±²õ³Ù noun
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of psilanthropism1

1800–10; < Greek ±è²õÄ«±ôá²Ô³Ù³ó°ùűè ( os ) merely human ( ±è²õÄ«±ô ( ó²õ ) mere + á²Ô³Ù³ó°ùűè ( os ) man + -os -ous ) + -ism
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Psilanthropism, sÄ«-lan′thrÅ-pizm, n. the doctrine or belief of the mere human existence of Christ.—adj.

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His characteristic functions of Redeemer, Mediator, King, and final Judge, must all cease to be attributable to Christ; and the conclusion is, that between the Homoousian scheme and mere Psilanthropism there is no intelligible 'medium'.

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But alas! the increasing dimness, ending in the final want of the idea of this all-truths-including truth of the Tetractys eternally manifested in the Triad;—this, this is the ground and cause of all the main heresies from Semi-Arianism, recalled by Dr. Samuel Clarke, to the last setting ray of departing faith in the necessitarian Psilanthropism of Dr. Priestley.

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