Word Meanings - CHRISTOLOGY - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A treatise on Christ; that department of theology which treats of the personality, attributes, or life of Christ.

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• CHRISTIAN
  1. One who believes, or professes or is assumed to believe, in Jesus Christ, and the truth as taught by Him; especially, one whose inward and outward life is conformed to the doctrines of Christ. The disciples were called Christians first
• CHRISTEN
  1. To baptize and give a Christian name to. 2. To give a name; to denominate. "Christen the thing what you will." Bp. Burnet. 3. To Christianize. Jer. Taylor. 4. To use for the first time.
• CHRISTIAN ERA
  The era in use in all Christian countries, which was intended to commence with the birth of Christ. The era as now established was first used by Dionysius Exiguus , who placed the birth of Christ on the 25th of December in the year of Rome 754,
• DEPARTMENT
  1. Act of departing; departure. Sudden departments from one extreme to another. Wotton. 2. A part, portion, or subdivision. 3. A distinct course of life, action, study, or the like; appointed sphere or walk; province. Superior to Pope in Pope's
• DEPARTMENTAL
  Pertaining to a department or division. Burke.
• CHRISTLY
  Christlike. H. Bushnell.
• WHICHEVER; WHICHSOEVER
  Whether one or another; whether one or the other; which; that one which; as, whichever road you take, it will lead you to town.
• CHRISTIANITE
  Same as Anorthite. See Phillipsite.
• CHRISTENDOM
  1. The profession of faith in Christ by baptism; hence, the Christian religion, or the adoption of it. Shak. 2. The name received at baptism; or, more generally, any name or appelation. Pretty, fond, adoptious christendoms. Shak. 3. That portion
• CHRISTMASTIDE
  The season of Christmas.
• CHRIST
  The Anointed; an appellation given to Jesus, the Savior. It is synonymous with the Hebrew Messiah.
• CHRISTIAN SOCIALISM
  Any theory or system that aims to combine the teachings of Christ with the teachings of socialism in their applications to life; Christianized socialism; esp., the principles of this nature advocated by F. D. Maurice, Charles Kingsley, and others
• CHRISTLIKE
  Resembling Christ in character, actions, etc. -- Christ"like`ness, n.
• WHICH
  the root of hwa who + lic body; hence properly, of what sort or kind; akin to OS. hwilik which, OFries. hwelik, D. welk, G. welch, OHG. welih, hwelih, Icel. hvilikr, Dan. & Sw. hvilken, Goth. hwileiks, 1. Of what sort or kind; what; what a; who.
• CHRISTIANIZATION
  The act or process of converting or being converted to a true Christianity.
• CHRISTOLOGY
  A treatise on Christ; that department of theology which treats of the personality, attributes, or life of Christ.
• CHRISTLESS
  Without faith in Christ; unchristian. Tennyson.
• CHRISTMAS
  An annual church festival and in some States a legal holiday, in memory of the birth of Christ, often celebrated by a particular church service, and also by special gifts, greetings, and hospitality. Christmas box. A box in which presents are
• CHRISTIANLIKE
  Becoming to a Christian. A virtuous and a Christianlike conclusion. Shak.
• CHRISTIANITY
  1. The religion of Christians; the system of doctrines and precepts taught by Christ. 2. Practical conformity of one's inward and outward life to the spirit of the Christian religion 3. The body of Christian believers. To Walys fled the
• ANTICHRISTIANISM; ANTICHRISTIANITY
  Opposition or contrariety to the Christian religion.
• TRIPERSONALITY
  The state of existing as three persons in one Godhead; trinity.
• PHYSICO-THEOLOGY
  Theology or divinity illustrated or enforced by physics or natural philosophy.
• UNCHRISTIAN
  1. Not Christian; not converted to the Christian faith; infidel. 2. Contrary to Christianity; not like or becoming a Christian; as, unchristian conduct.
• NEO-CHRISTIANITY
  Rationalism.
• UNCHRISTIANLY
  Unchristian. Milton.
• PANTHEOLOGY
  A system of theology embracing all religions; a complete system of theology.
• ATHEOLOGY
  Antagonism to theology. Swift.