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theomorphic, a.|θiːəʊˈmɔːfɪk|
[f. Gr. θεόµορϕος of divine form (f. θεό-ς god + µόρϕη form) + -ic.]
Having the form or likeness of God; of or pertaining to theomorphism.
1870J. H. Blunt Dict. Theol. 324/2 Although the Creator thus made man theomorphic, we are not to think of God as anthropomorphic. 1889A. Moore Christian Doctr. God in Lux Mundi 64 A theomorphic view of man is of the essence of his faith. 1894J. R. Illingworth Personality Hum. & Div. viii. (1895) 214 Our anthropomorphic language follows from our theomorphic minds. 1897Ottley Aspects O. Test. vii. 340 Mosaism recognizes, so to speak, the theomorphic structure of man.
So theoˈmorphism, the doctrine that man has the form or likeness of God; theoˈmorphize v., trans. to form in the image of God.
1822tr. Malte-Brun's Universal Geogr. I. 576 Theomorphism, the religion of the Hindoos, is the best supported of all the ancient systems of worship; it still exists. 1886Mivart in Fortn. Rev. Jan. 63 A natural and innocuous Anthropomorphism of the intellect—which..may be more properly called Theomorphism. 1897T. Stephens in Evang. Mag. June 289 Theomorphism in the doctrine of man has gone on side by side with anthropomorphism in the doctrine of God. 1905J. Orr Probl. O. Test. v. 118 God, in creating, theomorphises man. |