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Definition of Adoptionist
1. n. One of a sect which maintained that Christ was the Son of God not by nature but by adoption.
Definition of Adoptionist
1. Noun. (Christianity) One who believes in or supports adoptionism. ¹
2. Noun. (uncommon) One who supports adoption. ¹
3. Adjective. Of or pertaining adoptionism. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Adoptionist
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Adoptionist
Literary usage of Adoptionist
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. History of the Christian Church by Wilhelm Ernst Möller (1893)
"... Creed engraved on two silver tables in S. Peter's, according to the long-consecrated
wording (ie without the filioque). 3. The adoptionist Controversy. ..."
2. Church History by Johann Heinrich Kurtz (1889)
"Of subordinate importance was the dispute over the expression Trina Deitas. 1.
The adoptionist Controversy, AD 782-799.—Of all Christian dogmas none were so ..."
3. History of the Christian Church: A.D. 64-1517 by James Craigie Robertson (1868)
"Although the adoptionist doctrine has been revived or justified by some writ fis
of later times, it never afterwards gained any considerable influence.1 IV. ..."
4. History of the Church, from Its First Establishment to Our Own Times by Jodocus Adolph Birkhaeuser (1898)
"... —adoptionist Heresy—Its Condemnation — Refutation of Adoptionism—Gottschalk—His
Errors—Controversy on Predestination —Rabanus Maurus—Erigena—Council of ..."
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