Definition of Adoptionist in English:
Adoptionist
noun əˈdɒpʃ(ə)nɪstəˈdäpSH(ə)nəst
Christian Theology historical A person holding the view that Christ is the son of God by adoption only.
Example sentencesExamples
- Lastly, Nestorianism once more showed itself in the Adoptionists of Spain, and gave occasion to the great Council of Frankfort.
- In more recent times the Jesuit Vasquez, and the Lutheran divines G. Calixtus and Walch, have defended the Adoptionists as essentially orthodox.
- The Gnostics were another losing faction and the exact opposite, Christologically, of the Adoptionists.
- What made Jesus special, the Adoptionists believed, was that Jesus was more righteous than everyone else.
- While Adoptionists believed Jesus to be totally human and not divine, Marcionites believed him to be totally divine and not human.