adoptionism
Meanings
noun
- 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.
Word forms
Etymology
From adoption + -ism.
Derived words
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