Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who holds the doctrine of adoptionism. Also written
adoptianist .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Eccl. Hist.) One of a sect which maintained that Christ was the Son of God not by nature but by adoption.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Christianity One who believes in or supports
adoptionism . - noun uncommon One who supports
adoption . - adjective Of or pertaining
adoptionism .
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Examples
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There have been interesting articles written by Reginald Fuller, Francis Watson, and Charles Talbert on this seemingly "adoptionist" way of understanding John's Christology.
Jesus the Mystic in the Gospel of John James F. McGrath 2009
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To this layman, April seems to be distinguishing between adoptionist gospels and the non-adoptionist John.
Jesus the Mystic in the Gospel of John James F. McGrath 2009
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Daniel, I'm not sure if I followed your point about dualism, but the Jewish Christians who produced the Pseudo-Clementine literature had a high but not Nicene Christology that was adoptionist and viewed Jesus as the legitimate son of Joseph - there's a lot of intriguing family resemblance between their views and the Gospel of John.
When Did The Word Become Flesh? James F. McGrath 2009
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These words were taken in the sense that Jesus was then re-born of the Spirit an adoptive Son of God and Messiah; and with this reading is bound up the entire adoptionist school of Christology.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon" Various
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Paul of Samosata - Bishop of Antioch, adoptionist, condemned at 269
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What do you think of the adoptionist view of Jesus's divinity?
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n. - doctrine that Christ was Son of God by adoption and not birth. adoptionist, adosculation
xml's Blinklist.com 2008
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