Churchianity

noun
/ˌt͡ʃɜːt͡ʃiˈænɪti/UK/ˌt͡ʃɝt͡ʃiˈænɪti/US

Etymology

Blend of church + Christianity.

  1. derived from christianus
  2. derived from crestienté
  3. inherited from Cristiente
  4. compounded as churchianity — “church + Christianity

Definitions

  1. Any practices of Christianity that place a larger emphasis on the habits of church life…

    Any practices of Christianity that place a larger emphasis on the habits of church life or the institutional traditions of the church than on theology and spiritual teachings of Jesus; the quality of being too church-focused.

    • Such religion is Churchianity; it is not Christianity. Christianity means the religion where Christ is all; Churchianity, the religion where the Church is all
    • the sweet and ineffectual Jesus of American Protestant churchianity.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA