christocentrist
Collocations
5ADJ.
against, biblical, strong, unfair
VERB + CHRISTOCENTRIST
arguing, thoroughgoing
CHRISTOCENTRIST + NOUN
defense, revelation
PREP.
in
ADV.
grossly, purely
Definitions
noun
A proponent of Christocentrism.
His “Map of the Universe” looks like a diagram once submitted to us by a Christocentrist.
These criticisms are not intended to give aid and comfort either to Christocentrists or the Jesusologists.
adj
Synonym of Christocentric.
The present study is “an essay in advocacy, arguing against the Christocentrist position that became popular in the theological world in recent years and in favor of another” (p. ix).
The implied analogy in Chaucer’s writings between the hermeneutic purpose of theology and the hermeneutic value of even a secular text — that both ought to engage “allegory” so as to achieve reference to spiritual nourishment — is basic to the Christocentrist theories of reference still found in Petrarch (see Familiari, 6.2.4) and Erasmus (Enchiridion, 2-3, 25).
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Christocentrist.
It is our contention that to accuse Barth in an exaggerated way of being anti-philosophical, and therefore of being a purely biblical christocentrist, is grossly unfair.
Barth becomes a christocentrist in order to support a valid christianocentrism.
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6His “Map of the Universe” looks like a diagram once submitted to us by a Christocentrist.
WiktionaryThese criticisms are not intended to give aid and comfort either to Christocentrists or the Jesusologists.
WiktionaryContrary to Strauss, however, Schleiermacher was not a thoroughgoing Christocentrist in his defense of this doctrine.
WiktionaryThe present study is “an essay in advocacy, arguing against the Christocentrist position that became popular in the theological world in recent years and in favor of another” (p. ix).
WiktionaryThe implied analogy in Chaucer’s writings between the hermeneutic purpose of theology and the hermeneutic value of even a secular text — that both ought to engage “allegory” so as to achieve reference
WiktionaryIn spite of Barth’s strong Christocentrist understanding of revelation, he also acknowledges vestiges of divine revelation outside Scripture, as we noted in our discussion in chapter 3 of truth in the
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