单词 | theopathy |
释义 | theopathyn. Sympathetic passive feeling excited by the contemplation of God; susceptibility to this feeling; sensitiveness or responsiveness to divine influence; pious sentiment. Cf. theopathetic adj. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > piety > [noun] devotion?c1225 life-holiness?c1225 love-awe?c1225 reverencec1300 Godfrightiheada1325 pity1340 devoutness1377 truthc1384 love-dreada1400 fearc1400 pietya1500 godliness1528 devoteness1606 heavenly-mindedness1612 obedientialness1651 piousness1659 devotionalness1673 unction1692 theopathy1749 devoteeism1828 pietism1829 bhakti1832 devotionality1850 devotionalism1859 pi1897 1749 D. Hartley Observ. Man i. iv. §5. 486 The Pleasures and Pains of Theopathy: under this Class I comprehend all those Pleasures and Pains, which the Contemplation of God and his Attributes, and of our Relation to Him, raises up. 1832 R. Southey Ess. I. 235 In the order of nature, what Hartley calls theopathy, is not, and ought not, to be looked for, as the predominant feeling of youth. 1839 H. Hallam Introd. Lit. Europe III. ii. 128 The writings..of St. Teresa..are..full of a mystical theopathy. 1881 Church Q. Rev. 60 The Sufi School, the ‘Methodists of the East’, as Martyn calls them, in reference to their creedless theopathy. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2018). < n.1749 |
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