English Explanatory Dictionary

Antiochianism

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A school of theology in the 4th and 5th centuries which spread over the whole Graeco-Syrian Church, and was a revolt against the allegorical interpretation of Scripture favoured by the Alexandrian school.

Word forms

Antiochianism

Etymology

From Antiochian + -ism.

This entry uses open data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA/GFDL). Word forms are used for search and are not indexed as separate pages.
Back to search All on A Russian dictionary Dahl dictionary