| 单词 | vocation of the gentiles |
| 释义 | > as lemmasvocation of the Gentiles b. vocation of the Gentiles: the occasion or fact of God calling the Gentiles to salvation. [With allusion to Acts 10:45, ‘They of the circumcision which beleeued, were astonished,..because that on the Gentiles also was poured out the gift of the holy Ghost’ (King James Bible). Compare Hellenistic Greek κλῆσις τῶν ἐθνῶν, post-classical Latin vocatio gentium (4th cent.), Middle French, French vocation des Gentils (1540 or earlier).] ΘΚΠ society > authority > command > command or bidding > [noun] > summons or summoning > summoning together callinga1400 convocation1413 vocation?a1505 vocation of the Gentiles1550 convocatinga1649 convention1702 convoking1765 the world > the supernatural > deity > Christian God > activities of God > [noun] > calling to salvation > of the Gentiles vocation of the Gentiles1550 1550 T. Cranmer Def. Sacrament f. 212v Propheciyng of the vocacion of the Gentyles, that God would extende his mercy vnto them. 1662 J. Davies tr. A. Olearius Voy. & Trav. Ambassadors iii. 129 They pitch on Twelf-day, as that on which sometimes happened the vocation of the Gentiles [Fr. la premiere vocation des Gentils]. 1710 Suppl. Athenian Oracle 406/2 The vocation of the Gentiles typified by the vision of unclean Beasts, offer'd by the Angel to Saint Peter to eat, was at the end of 40 months. 1878 A. J. Thebaud Church & Gentile World I. ii. 113 The character of the Messiah, the vocation of the Gentiles, and universality of the Christian Church..these are the noble objects offered to the eyes of Isaias by God himself. 1967 J. D'Souza Church & Civilization ii. 36 The ultimate vocation of the Gentiles..had been foreshadowed in Scripture from the very outset. < as lemmas |
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