单词 | traducian |
释义 | traducian/trəˈdjuːsɪən/ /trəˈdjuːʃn/ /trəˈdʒuːsɪən/Theology noun A person who believes that the soul of a child, like the body, is propagated by or inherited from the parents, rather than being created directly by God; a believer in or advocate of traducianism. Also: a person who maintains that original sin is transmitted from parent to child; an anti-Pelagian (now rare and chiefly historical ). Opposed to creationist.
adjective Of or relating to traducianism; advocating traducianism. OriginEarly 17th century; earliest use found in Samuel Collins (1576–1651), college head. From post-classical Latin traducianus person who believes the doctrine of original sin from classical Latin trāduc-, trādux side-branch of a vine trained across the space between trees in a vineyard, in post-classical Latin also channel, intermediary (late 2nd cent. in Tertullian), transmission of the soul, transmission of original sin (from trāducere) + -iānus. |
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