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Adoptionism in a sentence

Adoptionism meaning

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.

Using Adoptionism

  • The main meaning on this page is: 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.
  • In the example corpus, adoptionism often appears in combinations such as: of adoptionism, adoptionism the.

Context around Adoptionism

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 28.8 words
  • Position in the sentence: 1 start, 3 middle, 1 end
  • Sentence types: 5 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

reaffirmed 1× spanish 1×

Sentence patterns with Adoptionism

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

called spanish adoptionism that christ 1× from the adoptionism of early 1× gnosticism and adoptionism has been 1× heresy of adoptionism the idea 1× name of adoptionism the spanish 1× there reaffirmed adoptionism 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

despite the shared 1× for robert price 1× he was condemned 1× in the late 1× nestorius opponents found 1×

Common sentence endings:

god s son 1× of early christianity 1× son of god 1× there reaffirmed adoptionism 1× usage would allow 1×

Words around Adoptionism

Just before it in the word index:

adoption 2.061 adopting 879 adopters 118 adopter 53 adoptees 53 adoptee 23

Just after it in the word index:

adoptionist 5 adoptions 100 adoptive 205 adoptivus 2 adopts 173 ador 3

Similar in corpus frequency:

aaas 7 aacc 7 aacs 7 aafes 7 aah 7 aankh 7

Corpus analysis for Adoptionism

  • In this selection, "adoptionism" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 28.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, reaffirmed and spanish stand out and add context to how "adoptionism" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include called spanish adoptionism that christ and from the adoptionism of early. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "adoptionism" sits close to words such as aaas, aacc and aacs, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with adoptionism

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Despite the shared name of "Adoptionism" the Spanish Adoptionist Christology appears to have differed sharply from the Adoptionism of early Christianity. (21 words)

For Robert Price "docetism", together with " encratism ", " Gnosticism " and " adoptionism ", has been employed "far beyond what historically descriptive usage would allow". (21 words)

Nestorius' opponents found his teaching too close to the heresy of adoptionism – the idea that Christ had been born a man who had later been "adopted" as God's son. (30 words)

Longer example sentences

In the late 8th century, a controversy arose between Bishop Elipandus of Toledo and Beatus of Liébana over the former's teaching (which has been called Spanish Adoptionism ) that Christ in his humanity was the adoptive son of God. (39 words)

He was condemned at the Synod of Regensburg (792) and was sent to Pope Hadrian in Rome, where he made of profession of orthodox faith, but returned to Spain and there reaffirmed Adoptionism. (33 words)

Nestorius' opponents found his teaching too close to the heresy of adoptionism – the idea that Christ had been born a man who had later been "adopted" as God's son. (30 words)

Example sentences (5)

Despite the shared name of "Adoptionism" the Spanish Adoptionist Christology appears to have differed sharply from the Adoptionism of early Christianity.

For Robert Price "docetism", together with " encratism ", " Gnosticism " and " adoptionism ", has been employed "far beyond what historically descriptive usage would allow".

He was condemned at the Synod of Regensburg (792) and was sent to Pope Hadrian in Rome, where he made of profession of orthodox faith, but returned to Spain and there reaffirmed Adoptionism.

In the late 8th century, a controversy arose between Bishop Elipandus of Toledo and Beatus of Liébana over the former's teaching (which has been called Spanish Adoptionism ) that Christ in his humanity was the adoptive son of God.

Nestorius' opponents found his teaching too close to the heresy of adoptionism – the idea that Christ had been born a man who had later been "adopted" as God's son.

Common combinations with adoptionism

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "adoptionism" in a sentence?
An example: "Despite the shared name of "Adoptionism" the Spanish Adoptionist Christology appears to have differed sharply from the Adoptionism of early Christianity." This page contains 5 example sentences with the word "adoptionism" from authentic English texts.
What does "adoptionism" mean?
Adoptionism means: 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.
How many example sentences with "adoptionism" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 5 example sentences with "adoptionism", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.