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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The doctrine that Christ, during His state of humiliation, continued to possess in a veiled way the divine attributes of omnipotence, omniscience, etc. uncountable

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κρύψις (krúpsis, “hiding, concealment”). Doublet of crypsis.

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