crypto-Calvinistn.

Brit.

/ˌkrɪptəʊˈkalvᵻnɪst/, U.S.

/ˌkrɪptoʊˈkælvənəst/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; partly modelled on a Latin lexical item, and partly modelled on a German lexical item. Etymons: crypto- comb. form, Calvinist n.

Etymology: < crypto- comb. form + Calvinist n., partly after post-classical Latin crypto-Calvinista (1755 in the passage translated in quot. 1765) and German Kryptokalvinist, †Cryptokalvinist (1775 in the passage translated in quot. 1798).

Chiefly historical.

In 16th-cent. Germany: a Lutheran who secretly adheres to Calvinist principles; a Philippist, a Melanchthonian. Also more generally: any secret adherent of Calvinism.

ΚΠ

1765 A. Maclaine tr. J. L. von Mosheim Eccl. Hist. II. 181 The schemes of the Crypto-Calvinists [L. Crypto-Calvinistarum], or secret abettors of Calvinism, being thus disconcerted.

1798 T. Dutton tr. F. Nicolai Life & Opinions Sebaldus Nothanker II. iv. viii. 150 The mode of wearing the gown lost still more of its ancient Symbolical purity in consequence of some Crypto-calvinists [Ger. Kryptokalvinisten], who now began, in imitation of the Reformed, to carry the gown on their arm.

1849 G. Horrocks tr. W. Menzel Hist. Germany II. cxcviii. 285 Anna..ascribed the death of their infant son to the fact of his having been held at the font by Peucer, the crypto-calvinist.

1883 C. Beard Reformation v. 182 Whoever would not subscribe every article of ultra-Lutheran orthodoxy was a Crypto-Calvinist.

1918 Biblical World 51 257 The God summoned to justify the imprisonment of Grotius, the persecution of the Crypto-Calvinists, the execution of John of Barneveldt.

1956 J. H. Nichols Hist. Christianity iv. 42 A revolt was mounted against Melanchthon as a ‘crypto-Calvinist’ by those who would make all Luther's obiter dicta canonical.

1982 J. O'Higgins Yves de Vallone i. i. 8 [Yves de Vallone] proved to be a very enigmatic person, a crypto-Calvinist while still a Catholic priest, and a secret free-thinker, while apparently a Calvinist minister.

1993 Isis 84 222 This caused them [sc. the Philippists] to be labeled Crypto-Calvinists by the Gnesiolutherans, who opposed all forms of Calvinist deviation from the true Lutheran Reformation.

Derivatives

crypto-Calviˈnistic adj. of or relating to crypto-Calvinism or crypto-Calvinists; secretly Calvinist.

ΚΠ

1832 J. Murdock tr. J. L. von Mosheim Inst. Eccl. Hist. III. ii. i. 146 New Crypto-Calvinistic commotions, in Saxony.

1982 Yale Law Jrnl. 91 1582 The concept of predisposition..encourages..judges and juries to adopt what might be considered a crypto-Calvinistic view of human nature.

2001 Isis 92 170/1 Free spirits like Kepler..adhered to the humanist, irenic, at times crypto-Calvinistic variety of Lutheranism called Philippism.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	crypto-calvinist
释义	crypto-Calvinistn. Brit. /ˌkrɪptəʊˈkalvᵻnɪst/, U.S. /ˌkrɪptoʊˈkælvənəst/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; partly modelled on a Latin lexical item, and partly modelled on a German lexical item. Etymons: crypto- comb. form, Calvinist n. Etymology: < crypto- comb. form + Calvinist n., partly after post-classical Latin crypto-Calvinista (1755 in the passage translated in quot. 1765) and German Kryptokalvinist, †Cryptokalvinist (1775 in the passage translated in quot. 1798). Chiefly historical. In 16th-cent. Germany: a Lutheran who secretly adheres to Calvinist principles; a Philippist, a Melanchthonian. Also more generally: any secret adherent of Calvinism. ΚΠ 1765 A. Maclaine tr. J. L. von Mosheim Eccl. Hist. II. 181 The schemes of the Crypto-Calvinists [L. Crypto-Calvinistarum], or secret abettors of Calvinism, being thus disconcerted. 1798 T. Dutton tr. F. Nicolai Life & Opinions Sebaldus Nothanker II. iv. viii. 150 The mode of wearing the gown lost still more of its ancient Symbolical purity in consequence of some Crypto-calvinists [Ger. Kryptokalvinisten], who now began, in imitation of the Reformed, to carry the gown on their arm. 1849 G. Horrocks tr. W. Menzel Hist. Germany II. cxcviii. 285 Anna..ascribed the death of their infant son to the fact of his having been held at the font by Peucer, the crypto-calvinist. 1883 C. Beard Reformation v. 182 Whoever would not subscribe every article of ultra-Lutheran orthodoxy was a Crypto-Calvinist. 1918 Biblical World 51 257 The God summoned to justify the imprisonment of Grotius, the persecution of the Crypto-Calvinists, the execution of John of Barneveldt. 1956 J. H. Nichols Hist. Christianity iv. 42 A revolt was mounted against Melanchthon as a ‘crypto-Calvinist’ by those who would make all Luther's obiter dicta canonical. 1982 J. O'Higgins Yves de Vallone i. i. 8 [Yves de Vallone] proved to be a very enigmatic person, a crypto-Calvinist while still a Catholic priest, and a secret free-thinker, while apparently a Calvinist minister. 1993 Isis 84 222 This caused them [sc. the Philippists] to be labeled Crypto-Calvinists by the Gnesiolutherans, who opposed all forms of Calvinist deviation from the true Lutheran Reformation. Derivatives crypto-Calviˈnistic adj. of or relating to crypto-Calvinism or crypto-Calvinists; secretly Calvinist. ΚΠ 1832 J. Murdock tr. J. L. von Mosheim Inst. Eccl. Hist. III. ii. i. 146 New Crypto-Calvinistic commotions, in Saxony. 1982 Yale Law Jrnl. 91 1582 The concept of predisposition..encourages..judges and juries to adopt what might be considered a crypto-Calvinistic view of human nature. 2001 Isis 92 170/1 Free spirits like Kepler..adhered to the humanist, irenic, at times crypto-Calvinistic variety of Lutheranism called Philippism. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1765
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