单词 | pyro-theology |
释义 | > as lemmaspyro-theology pyro-theology n. Brit. /ˌpʌɪrə(ʊ)θɪˈɒlədʒi/ , U.S. /ˌpaɪroʊθiˈɑlədʒi/ [after German Pyrotheologie (1732 in the title of a work by Fabricius)] rare (now historical) that part of natural theology which is based on the properties and phenomena of fire.ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > theology > systems of theology > [noun] > Natural > founded by laws and phenomena of fire pyro-theology1755 1755 A. Berthelson tr. E. Pontoppidan Nat. Hist. Norway i. Pref. p. vii That circumstantial examination..which hath been undertaken and executed by Fabricius, in his pyro- and hydro-theology. 1910 R. M. Wenley Kant & his Philos. Rev. 138 Hydro-theology, Pyro-theology, Litho-theology, Astro-theology, and a dozen others, with their thoroughly external approach to nature, afford no sufficient reason for the existence of God. 1973 J. K. Savacool tr. H. Desroche Jacob & Angel viii. 131 We have seen how Feuerbach waxed ironic over the pseudo-sciences engendered by theologians in their efforts to sublimate their doctrines into ‘astro-theology’,..‘arido-theology’ and ‘pyro-theology’. < as lemmas |
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