pan-deist

A form of pandeist — of or relating to pandeism.

Meanings

pan-deist1

nounpan-deist (plural pan-deists)

plural pan-deists

  1. alternativeAlternative spelling of pandeist.

    "I first came upon this extension of ecumenism into pan-deism among some Roman Catholic scholars interested primarily in the "reunion of the churches," Roman, Orthodox, Anglican." . . . . "We may perhaps ask what is the ultimate aim of the Curia in promoting the pan-deist movement."

    1963, Father Charles A. Bolton, “Beyond the Ecumenical: Pan-deism?”, in Christianity Today, page 21

Pan-Deist2

nounPan-Deist (plural Pan-Deists)

plural Pan-Deists

  1. alternativeAlternative spelling of pandeist.

pan-Deist3

adjectivepan-Deist (not comparable)
  1. alternativenot comparableAlternative form of pandeist.

    It was felt that ecumenism was being contaminated by "pan-Deist" and syncretistic tendencies.

    1974, Bert Beverly Beach, Ecumenism: Boon Or Bane?, page 259
    1 more example

    But a sincere idealist, implicitly pan-Deist in faith, deeply concerned with the problems of the world and of time, can be a Ghibelline pope, and Dante's Ghibellines have at last triumphed.

    1971, Rousas John Rushdoony, The One and the Many: Studies in the Philosophy of Order and Ultimacy, Ch. VIII-7, p. 143
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