单词 | creaturize |
释义 | creaturizev. Chiefly Theology. transitive. To ascribe the qualities of a created being to (God, the soul, etc.). ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > deity > [verb (transitive)] > attribute with human form or personality creaturize1652 anthropomorphitize1810 anthropomorphize1826 1652 J. Ellistone & J. Sparrow tr. J. Böhme Mysterium Magnum xv. 62 This holy Constellation of the Love-desire, might also be creaturized, and figurized [Ger. auch möchte Creaturlich vnd figurlich seyn]. 1678 R. Cudworth True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. iv. 594 This..would of the Two, rather Degrade and Creaturize that Mundane Soul. 1706 R. Brocklesby Explic. Gospel-theism iv. ii. 564/1 Those who dispute..that the Holy Spirit is not God, but meerly a Quality, a Virtue, Power or Efficacy flowing from God, do make him a Creature. These creaturize him denying his Personality. 1954 Harvard Theol. Rev. 47 300 The older theory must therefore be abandoned as a basis of salvation; it must be ‘secularized’ or, perhaps, ‘creaturized’. 1991 D. Turner Escape from God iv. 18 To attribute any degree of unfulfillment to God would be to creaturize Him, or to attribute imperfection to Him, hence to commit blasphemy. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1652 |
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