单词 | pseudo-christianity |
释义 | pseudo-Christianityn. False or spurious Christianity; a cult or religion that resembles or imitates (aspects of) Christianity. ΘΚΠ society > faith > sect > Christianity > [noun] > false pseudo-Christianity1583 Christianism1674 1583 P. Stubbes Anat. Abuses sig. M (margin) Theaters Schooles or Seminaries of pseudo christianit [1584 pseudochristianitie]. 1685 H. More Paralipomena Prophetica xlvi. 408 The Earthly Church drunk up the floud by proselyting those Barbarians to its Pseudo-Christianity. 1863 tr. J. P. Lange Theol. Comm. Gospels (ed. 2) III. (Mark xiii. 5-13) 438 Pseudo-Christs, pseudo-Christianities, false prophets. 1872 Harper's Mag. Dec. 12/2 They entertained a blind idolatry for the cross, they practiced circumcision and sacrificed to the moon—a singular medley of Judaism, idolatry, and a pseudo-Christianity. 1936 J. MacMurray Creative Soc. viii. 147 Attack pseudo-Christianity openly and resolutely in all its forms, in the name of real Christianity. 1950 Caribbean Q. 2 ii. 17 The Shouters and Shakers..may practise a pseudo Christianity strongly influenced by African cult practices. 1995 Mail on Sunday (Nexis) 23 Apr. 8 Koresh's jumble of born-again pseudo-Christianity and armed-to-the-teeth warrior cult had hundreds of followers. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1583 |
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