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Pauline, a. and n.|ˈpɔːlaɪn| Also 8 -in. [ad. L. Paulīn-us adj., f. Paulus Paul: see -ine1.] A. adj. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of St. Paul, his writings, or his doctrines.
1817Coleridge Biog. Lit. II. xxiii. 307 Passages..thoroughly Pauline. 1860Westcott Introd. Study Gosp. iv. (ed. 5) 243 For him [Marcion] the Pauline narrative was the truest picture of the life of Christ. 1876C. M. Davies Unorth. Lond. (ed. 2) 36 Selections..from the Pauline Epistles. B. n. 1. A member of certain religious orders so named.
1362Langl. P. Pl. A. ii. 76 In witnesse of whuche þing, wrong was þe furste, Pers þe pardoner, Paulynes doctor. 1393Ibid. C. iii. 110 Of paulynes queste. c1483Chron. London (1827) 43 In the same yere [1310] began the ordre of Paulyns, that is to say Crowched Freres. a1550Image Ypocrisie iii. in Skelton's Wks. (1843) II. 441 Some be Paulines, Some be Antonynes, Some be Bernardines, Some be Celestines. 2. A follower of St. Paul. nonce-use.
1740J. Dupré Conform. Anc. & Mod. Cerem. 32 The Primitive Christians..never called themselves Johnians, Paulins, nor Barnabites. 3. A scholar of St. Paul's School, London.
1867Athenæum 30 Nov. 715/1 [Sir Philip] Francis was a London boy by education, and a Pauline... The Paulines were especially famous for caligraphy. 1897Abbott & Campbell Life Jowett I. ii. 41 He returned to London, bringing with him the ‘blue ribbon’ of Oxford, an honour which at that time no Pauline had won. Hence Paulinian |-ˈɪnɪən|, a. = Pauline a.; n. = Paulinist; ˈPaulinism |-ɪnɪz(ə)m|, (a) the doctrine of St. Paul, Pauline theology; (b) an expression or feature characteristic of St. Paul; ˈPaulinist, an adherent of St. Paul or his doctrine; Pauliˈnistic a., of or pertaining to a Paulinist or Paulinism; ˈPaulinize v. intr., to follow the doctrine of St. Paul; trans., to make Pauline, imbue with Paulinism (in quot., to represent as Pauline).
1874Supernat. Relig. II. ii. v. 5 The rapid growth..of *Paulinian doctrine. 1883Loos & Behringer tr. J. Grob's Life Zwingli xvi. 136, I preach..as Paul writes; why do you not rather call me a Paulinian?
1857M. Pattison Ess. (1889) II. 234 The antithesis of Petrinism and *Paulinism. 1910J. Moffatt Paul & Paulinism ii. 33 Paulinism..was the outcome of the apostle's attempt to hunt out for himself the relations of the Lord Jesus Christ to God, the Law, the universe, and the church. 1916G. B. Shaw Androcles & Lion Pref. p. xci, The Christianity of Jesus failed completely to establish itself politically and socially,..whilst Paulinism overran the whole western civilized world. 1927A. H. McNeile Introd. New Testament iv. 65 The presence in Mark of ‘Paulinisms’ or other features thought to be secondary on subjective grounds.
1882Farrar Early Chr. I. 92 Christians who wished to stand aloof alike from *Paulinists and Judaists.
1860Lit. Churchm. 16 Nov. 427/1 Too much inclined to see..sharp distinctions between the Jewish-Christians and the heathen converts.., attributing a *Paulinistic tendency to the latter. 1898W. M. Ramsay Was Christ born at Bethlehem? 51 Luke's view has..a strong Paulinistic character.
1865tr. Strauss' New Life Jesus I. 178 The account..given in Luke with its *Paulinizing sections. 1885Athenæum 3 Oct. 429/1 St. Luke's Gospel..is Paulinized too much.
Add:[A.] 2. Of or pertaining to Pope Paul VI, esp. with reference to liturgical and other reforms initiated during his pontificate (1963–78) as a result of the Second Vatican Council.
1965Time 24 Sept. 62/2 The Pauline manner is unmistakable by now. 1971[see Pian a.]. 1974Christendom Mar. 5 The litany of the Pauline complicities with the Communists is a very long one. 1976Times 9 Aug. 11/2 They [sc. the Tridentine party] invest with grave significance the textual and other changes which the new Pauline versions contain in comparison with the mass of Pius V. |