theophilanthropyn.
The deistic system of the theophilanthropists, based on a belief in the existence of God and in the immortality of the soul. Theophilanthropy was adopted in France as a substitute for Roman Catholicism. It died out c1801–2.
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theophilanthropy1798
theophilanthropism1804
1798 W. Taylor in Monthly Rev. 27 500 The rise of Martinism and of Theophilanthropy.
1847 J. Hare Victorian Faith 7 His Christianity..has been stunted and enervated,..into a sort of sentimental theophilanthropy.
1895 Péronne Veil of Liberty 395 The pastor of Versailles closed his church..and reopened it to preach Theophilanthropy.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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