| 单词 | historical christian |
| 释义 | > as lemmashistorical Christian 3. Theology. Of a person: possessing only historical faith (historical faith n. at Compounds 3). Frequently in historical Christian. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > [adjective] > marked by historical faith historical1648 1648 J. Sparrow tr. J. Böhme Descr. Three Princ. xxvi. 376 Is the Patient an Historicall Christian? 1649 J. Ellistone tr. J. Böhme Epist. ii. xlix. 29 There may be many honest hearts among them; but many of them are onely Historicall, and Titular. a1718 W. Penn Life in Wks. (1726) I. 156 The Carnal, Fleshly, and Historical Christian of the Outward Courts. 1779 J. Duché Disc. II. xvi. 332 A mere historical Christian will satisfy himself with poring over the Scripture account of Christ's Sufferings, Death, and Resurrection; and..is little anxious about any thing further. 1832 O. Jennings Deb. Campbellism 38 They are historical believers, but have not ‘obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine’, which God has given in his word and gospel. 1872 J. Ker Let. 30 Mar. (1890) 175 The first four Epistles of Paul stand untouched..Of course, this is a strong position for historical Christians. 1920 T. F. Coakley Spiritism iii. 94 For Spiritists the Bible is no longer the Word of God in the sense that historical Christians believe it to be inspired. 1990 H. Zohn tr. A. Bein Jewish Question ii. iv. 630 A historian..told outstanding students..who rejected baptism with astonished incomprehension that to him they were really ‘historical Christians’. < as lemmas |
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