单词 | crypto-calvinism |
释义 | crypto-Calvinismn. Chiefly historical. Secret or concealed Calvinism, esp. as practised by Lutherans in 16th-cent. Germany; Philippism. Cf. crypto-Calvinist n. ΚΠ 1825 J. Fry Short Hist. Church of Christ iii. iii. 478 Not only did Crypto-Calvinism..create great divisions among the Lutherans, but whole countries fell off from their confession. 1856 C. Hardwick Hist. Christian Church during Reformation 176 ‘Philippism’, or Crypto-Calvinism, was principally found in the Palatinate. 1907 J. P. Whitney Reformation xi. 291 Augustus himself became..jealously Lutheran, saw Crypto-Calvinism everywhere. 1979 Isis 70 114 Their theology included a symbolical interpretation of the Eucharist which caused other Lutherans to suspect them of crypto-Calvinism. 1989 Lat. Amer. Markets (Nexis) 13 Jan. The strain of crypto-Calvinism in the official Marxist-Leninist orthodoxy. 1995 T. Lyby & O. P. Grell in O. P. Grell Scand. Reformation v. 121 Crypto-Calvinism could be considered a political crime, and princely protection or toleration of it could have political repercussions. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1825 |
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