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theophilanthropist|ˌθiːəʊfɪˈlænθrəpɪst|
[f. theo- + philanthropist, after F. théophilanthrope, erron. employed to express ‘loving God and man’, though etymologically it ought to mean ‘a divine philanthropist’.]
A member of a sect of Deists which appeared in France in 1796.
1797W. Taylor in Monthly Rev. XXIV. 554 It is satisfactory to observe how nearly the Theophilanthropists agree with the more thinking Christians. 1798Hel. M. Williams Tour Switzerl. I. v. 79 This sect, distinguished by the name of Theophilanthropists, the friends of God and man. 1801Belsham Geo. III, an. 1797 (R.), The Directory gave great encouragement to a new sect recently established under the name of theo-philanthropists.—These religionists, rejecting all revelation, confined their worship to one Supreme Being. 1897Daily News 16 Jan. 6/2 The Society of Theophilanthropists, whose first public meeting was held in Paris, January 16, 1797, was of purely religious origin.
attrib.1823Southey in Q. Rev. XXVIII. 502 The proffered service of the Theophilanthropist lecturers. 1882–3Schaff's Encycl. Relig. Knowl. III. 2347 God, virtue, and the immortality of the soul, formed the three articles of the Theophilanthropist creed.
So theoˈphilanthrope [as in F.] in same sense; ˌtheophilanˈthropic, -ical adjs., of or pertaining to theophilanthropy or theophilanthropists; ˌtheophiˈlanthropism = next.
1801W. Dupré Lexicographia Neologica Gallica 275 Théophilantrope,..a *theophilanthrope. 1803in Spirit Pub. Jrnls. VII. 254 We give and bequeath to our friend the Elector of Bavaria, the Bible of the Theophilanthropes. 1843tr. Custine's Empire of Czar III. 64 Their whole adjustment reminds one of the theophilanthropes of the French republic.
1797W. Taylor in Monthly Rev. XXIII. 560 The illuminated or *theophilanthropic sect..who are supposed to reject the Old and to socinianize the New Testament. 1895Péronne Veil of Liberty 389 Jean..had now transformed his Huguenot church into a Theophilanthropic temple.
1801W. Dupré Lexicographia Neologica Gallica 276 Théophilantropique.., *theophilanthropical.
1804Larwood No Gun Boats 32 Having revolted from the Goddess of Reason, and the scheme of *Theophilanthropism. 1860Gardner Faiths World II. 899/2 An attempt was made by Lamennais to revive Theophilanthropism in 1840, but it utterly failed. |