单词 | traducian |
释义 | traduciann.adj. Theology. A. n. rare in 18th cent. A person who believes that the soul of a child, like the body, is propagated by or inherited from the parents, rather than being created directly by God; a believer in or advocate of traducianism. Also: a person who maintains that original sin is transmitted from parent to child; an anti-Pelagian (now rare and chiefly historical). Opposed to creationist.Opponents of St Augustine's doctrine of original sin applied the term (or its Latin antecedent) to its proponents, holding that belief in original sin necessarily implies the belief that the soul of a child is transmitted from the parents. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > soul > doctrines concerning the soul > [noun] > traducianism > believer in traducian1617 traducter1682 traducianist1842 traductionist1864 1617 S. Collins Epphata to F. T. 474 The Pelagians, saies S. Austen, they called vs Traducians; the Arians, Homousians; the Donatists, Macarians; the Manichees, called vs Pharisees. 1693 W. Wotton tr. L. E. Du Pin New Hist. Eccl. Writers III. 161 Bede mentions a Letter of this Author [sc. Anianus] directed to Evangelus, where he gives to those of St. Augustin's Party the name of Traducians [Fr. Traduciens]. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. Traducians, Traduciani, a Name the Pelagians anciently gave to the Catholicks, because of their teaching, that original Sin was transmitted from Father to Children... At present, some give the Appellation Traducian to such as hold that the Souls are transmitted to the Children by the Father. 1840 R. Emerson tr. G. F. Wiggers Hist. Presentation Augustinism & Pelagianism xxi. 305 The traducians together with the Manichaeans are overthrown in their doctrines. 1888 E. D. Drought Student's Man. Psychol. i. ix. 153 This was the doctrine of the ancient Church and of Calvin, while Luther and his friends were Traducians. 1922 Catholic World June 302 It is not wonderful that heretics should try to give a new name to the Catholics whom they have left... The Pelagians tried to call us Traducians. 2000 J. P. Moreland & S. B. Rae Body & Soul 220 For creationists God is the primary cause of the soul's coming to be; for traducians he is a secondary cause. B. adj. Of or relating to traducianism; advocating traducianism. Cf. traducianist adj. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > soul > doctrines concerning the soul > [adjective] > traducianism traducian1846 traducianist1858 1846 Baptist Rec. Feb. 95 He brands, indeed, the Traducian opinion as ‘absurd’ and ‘profane’. 1884 W. S. Lilly in Fortn. Rev. Jan. 127 The Traducian view—that the soul, like the body, is derived from the parent—has been held by theologians of much repute. 1966 Jrnl. Hist. Ideas 27 469 Their opinions are cited on substantive questions such as..the creationist or traducian theory of the soul's origin. 2014 R. M. Thomas Roots Haiti's Vodou-Christian Faith vi. 105 From a traducian perspective, an important faculty of the human soul is an inherited tendency to commit sin. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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