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Photinian, a. and n. Ch. Hist.|fəʊˈtɪnɪən|
[ad. late L. Phōtīniānī (pl.), Isidore 5th c., f. Phōtīnus, in Gr. ϕωτεινός, a man's name (from ϕωτεινός shining, bright, luminous).]
a. adj. Of or pertaining to Photinus, Bishop of Sirmium, who held that Jesus Christ was not essentially divine, but became so by a divine emanation which descended upon him: his doctrines were condemned by various councils between 336 and 351.
b. n. A follower of Photinus.
1648Owen Toleration Wks. 1851 VIII. 179 [Grotianus] granted liberty to all sects but Manichees, Photinians and Eunomians. 1720Waterland Eight Serm. 9 A celebrated Writer abroad, has openly espoused this Photinian Notion. 1853M. Kelly tr. Gosselin's Power Pope in Mid. Ages I. 79 In this edict he condemns by name the Photinians, Arians, and Eunomians. 1864Bryce Holy Rom. Emp. vi. (1889) 82 It was becoming more and more alienated from the West by the Photinian schism. 1884Edna Lyall We Two xxiv, A few years ago he was an atheist, now he's a mere Photinian.
Hence Phoˈtinianism, the doctrine or heresy of the Photinians.
1655Owen Vind. Evang. Wks. (1853) XII. 8 Of the Socinian religion there are two main parts: the first is Photinianism, the latter Pelagianism. 1865Union Rev. III. 440 Socinus, the reviver of a modified Arianism or rather Photinianism in the West. |