Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Synergy.
- noun Christianity The doctrine that individual salvation is achieved through a combination of human will and divine grace.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In theology, the doctrine that there are two efficient agents in regeneration, namely the human will and the divine Spirit, which, in the strict sense of the term, coöperate.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Theol.) The doctrine or theory, attributed to Melanchthon, that in the regeneration of a human soul there is a coöperation, or joint agency, on the part both of God and of man.
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- noun
synergy - noun The
theological doctrine that one'ssalvation is brought about by a combination ofhuman will anddivine grace
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the working together of two things (muscles or drugs for example) to produce an effect greater than the sum of their individual effects
- noun the theological doctrine that salvation results from the interaction of human will and divine grace
Etymologies
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Examples
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I would suggest not to get caught in the debate, most Armenians, I believe, don't really accept the term synergism anyway, and it seems to be a distinction that draws upon a clear misunderstanding of assumptions between distinctions.
Pulpit Pimps 2008
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This is often called synergism because it is thought to be a cooperative effort between God and man.
Apprising Ministries 2008
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And what about prevenient grace, how does the characterization of prevenient grace really get addressed by the concept of synergism, which is just conceptually anit-monergism.
Pulpit Pimps 2008
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L-carnitive also seems to have some kind of synergism with lipoic aid.
Inflammation and intermittent fasting | The Blog of Michael R. Eades, M.D. 2007
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Relying on Sakraida and Anderson's-Black Rock which brought us the "synergism" test, the Court provided a modified "inventive step" test for determining obviousness:
KSR v. Teleflex - Has "Inventive Step" Made its Appearance in U.S. Patent Law? Peter Zura 2007
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Relying on Sakraida and Anderson's-Black Rock which brought us the "synergism" test, the Court provided a modified "inventive step" test for determining obviousness:
Archive 2007-04-01 Peter Zura 2007
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They taught a kind of synergism in which there was a co-operation between grace and free will.
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He later modified this position, however, and brought in a kind of "synergism" in which God and man were supposed to co-operate in the process of salvation.
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_ "Charging Strigel with ambiguity, Flacius replied:" You speak of one kind of synergism and we of another.
Historical Introductions to the Symbolical Books of the Evangelical Lutheran Church 1894
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Dr Bennett says that results from the use of this natural material suggests a synergism which is not completely understood.
Wil's Ebay E-Store amp;34;Nutrition 2010
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