Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The relinquishment of some of the attributes of God by Jesus in becoming man and suffering death.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In theology, the self-limitation and self-renunciation of the Son of God in the incarnation.
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- noun Christianity
Christ 's voluntarydivestment of his divine powers.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Philippians 2:7-8 The concept of self-emptying, known in Christian history by the Greek name kenosis, is common to many of the world's religions.
Rev. Dr. Paul Bradley: Step Four: Letting Go to Let in God's Light and Love Rev. Dr. Paul Bradley 2012
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Philippians 2:7-8 The concept of self-emptying, known in Christian history by the Greek name kenosis, is common to many of the world's religions.
Rev. Dr. Paul Bradley: Step Four: Letting Go to Let in God's Light and Love Rev. Dr. Paul Bradley 2012
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The concept of kenosis is usually applied to the incarnation of Christ.
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In some theistic monism thought the principal of kenosis is in play where God is self-limiting with respect to life.
Courting the Theists 2005
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Philippians 2:7-8 The concept of self-emptying, known in Christian history by the Greek name kenosis, is common to many of the world's religions.
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Rev. Dr. Paul Bradley 2012
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If we take care to see this, if we are canny enough to attend to it and faithful enough to lean into it, then the particular ache of that waking can initiate a response that the Greeks were wont to call kenosis -- an emptying.
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If we take care to see this, if we are canny enough to attend to it and faithful enough to lean into it, then the particular ache of that waking can initiate a response that the Greeks were wont to call kenosis -- an emptying.
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Chapter 11 is the last in part 3, and applies the notion of kenosis to creation.
Archive 2009-05-01 James F. McGrath 2009
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Chapter 11 is the last in part 3, and applies the notion of kenosis to creation.
Adventures in the Spirit: Part Three James F. McGrath 2009
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This is combined with the notion of kenosis from the Christian tradition, i.e. the idea that God emptied himself in the incarnation, taking a humble human form with all the implied limitations.
Archive 2007-11-01 James F. McGrath 2007
whichbe commented on the word kenosis
The relinquishment of the form of God by Jesus in becoming man.
May 12, 2008
dontcry commented on the word kenosis
Sort of like ketosis the relinquishment of carbs.
May 12, 2008