Christocentrism
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 the placing of Christ at the center of one's thought, actions, or theological system. wordnet
Proper Noun
- 1 A form of Christianity that concentrates on the teaching of Jesus Christ.
"The latter, a principial christocentrism, may include the monergistic view of salvation, but it will also assume that Christ is the principium cognoscendi theologiae or, in Kickel's phrase the Erkenntnissgrund of theology."
Example
More examples"The latter, a principial christocentrism, may include the monergistic view of salvation, but it will also assume that Christ is the principium cognoscendi theologiae or, in Kickel's phrase the Erkenntnissgrund of theology."
Etymology
From Christo- + -centrism.
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