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adoptionism

noun

Etymology

From adoption + -ism.

  1. derived from adoptio
  2. borrowed from adoption
  3. suffixed as adoptionism — “adoption + ism”

Definitions

  1. A form of Christianity which maintains that Jesus is divine only in the sense that God…

    A form of Christianity which maintains that Jesus is divine only in the sense that God the Father adopted him, either at Jesus' birth, or at his death, as opposed to the orthodox understanding of the nature of the Trinity.

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