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Meaning of "subordinationism" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SUBORDINATIONISM

səˌbɔːdɪˈneɪʃəˌnɪzəm


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SUBORDINATIONISM

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WHAT DOES SUBORDINATIONISM MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Subordinationism

Subordinationism is a doctrine in Christian theology which holds that the Son and the Holy Spirit are subordinate to God the Father in nature and being. Subordinationism, in its various forms, was an Early Christian doctrine until the mid 4th century, when the Arian controversy was finally settled, after many decades of debates, with the formulation of the doctrine of Trinity. Subordinationism has some commonalities with Arianism, but has some differences. While Arius and his followers were certainly also subordinationist, the Arians went even further to assert that the Son, as a creature, is virtually ignorant of the Creator, the only One who was accepted to have the full divine nature according the Christian apophaticism. Subordinationism thrived at the same time as Arianism (fourth century AD), but long survived it. Its chief proponents in the fourth century were Eusebius of Caesarea and Eusebius of Nicomedia, both of whom had once given support to Arius. Athanasius battled Subordinationism throughout his career as bishop of Alexandria, often labelling it as Arianism.

Definition of subordinationism in the English dictionary

The definition of subordinationism in the dictionary is either of two interpretations of the doctrine of the Trinity, often regarded as heretical, according to which the Son is subordinate to the Father or the Holy Ghost is subordinate to both.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SUBORDINATIONISM

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WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SUBORDINATIONISM

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WORDS THAT END LIKE SUBORDINATIONISM

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Synonyms and antonyms of subordinationism in the English dictionary of synonyms

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subordinationism
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subordinacionismo
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subordinationism
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subordinationisme
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Subordinasi
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Subordinatianismus
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subordinationism
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속설
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Subordinationism
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subordinationism
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subordinationism
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अधीनस्थता
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subordinationism
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subordinazionismo
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subordinationism
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subordinaționism
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subordinationism
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subordinationism
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underordnade ställning
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subordinationism
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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SUBORDINATIONISM»

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The New Evangelical Subordinationism?: Perspectives on the ...
55 Both the Kroegers and Bilezikian's definition of subordinationism is contrary to the definitions given by standard dictionaries oftheology. Rahner and Vorgrimler define subordinationism to mean that the Son and Holy Spirit “do not fully ...
Dennis W. Jowers, H. Wayne House, 2012
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The Trinity & Subordinationism: The Doctrine of God & the ...
In this book Kevin Giles masterfully traces the historic understanding of the doctrine of the Trinity from the patristic age to our own times to help resolve this important question. But he does not stop there.
Kevin Giles, 2002
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Jesus in Trinitarian Perspective: An Introductory Christology
Dangers of Subordinationism: The Loss of Intratrinitarian Koinonia 1. Subordinationism as heresy and nonheresy. Classical subordinationism is Arianism and designates the essential inequality of nature between the three persons. Christian ...
Fred Sanders, Klaus Issler, 2007
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The Comforter
The further development of this problematic consisted in the fact that the formulation and discussion of the trinitarian problem involved the doctrine not of a cos- mological — or rather not only of a cosmological — subordinationism, but of an ...
Sergeĭ Nikolaevich Bulgakov, 2004
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The Three-personed God: The Trinity as a Mystery of Salvation
SUBORDINATIONISM: ORIGEN Clement of Alexandria (+ c. 216), a contemporary of Tertullian's, manifests a similar proximity to the work of the Apologists. He appropriates their Logos doctrine in his polemic against the Gnostics, but in a way ...
William J. Hill, 1982
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The Lamb of God
the kenosis, in the diminution of the Son before the Father, but its consequence. Usually, this kenotic or christological subordinationism of the Son is underscored only in relation to the Father, and it is explained by the general “monarchy” of the  ...
Sergius Bulgakov, 2008
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The Other Hand of God: The Holy Spirit as the Universal ...
Chapter. 13. The. Tradition. of. Subordinationism. It is difficult to distinguish the subordinarionism found in writers we now recognize as orthodox witnesses to the faith from erroneous speculation. The pre-Nicenes perceived that the Son and ...
Kilian McDonnell, 2003
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Great Is the Lord: Theology for the Praise of God
Their an- swers to these problems can be placed into two categories: subordinationism and modalism. Subordinationism affirms genuine distinctions among the persons but denies that they share the same nature. It theorizes that the Son and ...
Ron Highfield, 2008
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Divine Complexity: The Rise of Creedal Christianity
Subordinationism distinguishes between Father on the one side and the Son and Spirit on the other so sharply that it thinks of the three persons on a descending scale of degrees of divinity, with the Father being God absolutely, but the Son ...
Paul R. Hinlicky, 2010
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Jesus and the Father: Modern Evangelicals Reinvent the ...
This book is about the contemporary debate among evangelicals on the orthodox doctrine of the Trinity and the controversial issues surrounding the relationship between the divine Father and Son.
Kevin N. Giles, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SUBORDINATIONISM»

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Announcing My Newest Book: Counterfeit Christianity…
... Arianism, and Nestorianism,” “Contesting the Trinity: Subordinationism, Modalism, and Tritheism,” “Setting Grace Aside: Pelagianism and Semi-Pelagianism,” ... «Patheos, Jul 15»
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Jacob Arminius. Theologian of Grace– Part Three
Though it seems to be one of the concerns of his contemporaries, Arminius' position does not entail any kind of ontological subordinationism. He would not be ... «Patheos, Jul 15»
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Sin Is In: 7 (Deadly) Sin Books for Spring and Summer
Early christological heresies like Adoptionism, Subordinationism, and Subhumanism (seriously, we're not making that last one up) can teach readers the tenets ... «Publishers Weekly, May 15»
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Must You Believe in the Doctrine of the Trinity to Be a Christian?
It is constructed out of revealed truth and constitutes necessary reflection on revealed truth in the light of heresies (subordinationism, adoptionism, modalism, ... «Patheos, Feb 15»
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Book Review of “The Closing Of The Western Mind” by Fr. Michael …
... “Indeed until Athanasius began writing every single theology, east and west, had postulated some form of Subordinationism (Christ as a “lesser God”)…” (p. «NFTU, Aug 14»
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Traditional Trinitarianism (Holmes pt. 2)
In fact, it stretches back to the second-century apologists' flirtation with subordinationism (a flirtation that at times became a full-blown affair). Actually, it stretches ... «Patheos, Apr 13»
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Book Notice: Sydney Anglicanism: An Apology by Michael Jensen
He notes that a tactical mistake made by the SA committee was to use the word “subordinationism” since it did run the gauntlet of sounding Arian. Jensen ... «Patheos, Jan 13»
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The Trinity in Gender Debates
The best introduction is the collection The New Evangelical Subordinationism? Perspectives on the Equality of God the Father and God the Son (Wipf & Stock, ... «Patheos, Oct 12»
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The New Evangelical Subordinationism?
2 – Equal in Essence, Distinct in Roles: Eternal Functional Authority and Submission among the Essentially Divine Persons of the Godhead – Bruce A. Ware. «Patheos, Sep 12»
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A final comment (for now) about complementarianism
So much of the complementation model rests on the shaky ground of an ontological subordinationism (or some permutation thereof) within the Trinity, grounding ... «Patheos, Jan 12»
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