psilanthropism

or psi·lan·thro·py

[ sahy-lan-thruh-piz-uhm ]

noun

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

Other Words From

• psi·lan·throp·ic [sahy-l, uh, n-, throp, -ik], adjective
• psi·lanthro·pist noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of psilanthropism¹

1800–10; < Greek psīlánthrōp ( os ) merely human ( psīl ( ós ) mere + ánthrōp ( os ) man + -os -ous ) + -ism

Example Sentences

Psilanthropism, sī-lan′thrō-pizm, n. the doctrine or belief of the mere human existence of Christ.—adj.

From Project Gutenberg

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'.

From Project Gutenberg

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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