author of life

name
/ˈɔːθəɹəvˈlaɪf/UK

Etymology

Calque of Late Latin auctor vītae (literally “the originator or cause of life”): “life” understood to mean existence simpliciter in the case of God the Father, and to mean the salvation of eternal life in the case of God the Son.

Definitions

  1. An epithet of God and of Jesus.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for author of life. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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