Christocentrism

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proper noun

A form of Christianity that concentrates on the teaching of Jesus Christ.

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Meanings

proper noun
  1. A form of Christianity that concentrates on the teaching of Jesus Christ.

    The latter, a principial christocentrism, may include the monergistic view of salvation, but it will also assume that Christ is the principium cognoscendi theologiae or, in Kickel's phrase the Erkenntnissgrund of theology.

    2011, David Gibson, Reading the Decree

Origin

From Christo- + -centrism.

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APA

Christocentrism. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Christocentrism

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“Christocentrism.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Christocentrism. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Christocentrism,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Christocentrism.

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