Traducianism

//tɹəˈdjuːsɪənɪz(ə)m// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The doctrine that the soul or spirit is inherited from one or both parents. uncountable

    "Augustine's insistence on its spiritual nature made it hard for him to uphold, along with Tertullian, the doctrine of physical traducianism."

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creatianismgenerationismgenerationism

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"Augustine's insistence on its spiritual nature made it hard for him to uphold, along with Tertullian, the doctrine of physical traducianism."

Etymology

From traducian + -ism.

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