Meanings
- pluralplural of adiaphoron
- nonstandarduncommonSynonym of adiaphoron.
Adiaphora being the theological tool which was developed during the controversies of the Reformation, is the baptism not an adiaphora?
2003, P. Solomon Raj, The New Wine-Skins: The Story of the Indigenous Missions in Coastal Andhra Pradesh, India, →ISBN, chapter i: “The Quest”, 132 more examples
Spener thought it should have been considered an adiaphora, or at worst, a moderate institution of spiritual life; Loescher thought its privatized nature competed directly with public and corporate worship.
2008 May, Timothy M. Salo, An Orthodox Lutheran View of Ecclesiology: A Doctrinal and Practical Exchange between Valentin Ernst Loescher (1673–1749) and Joachim Lange (1670–1744), ProQuest, UMI №: 3352196, chapter iii: “Lutheran Orthodox Ecclesiology and the Challenge of Pietism”, § 3.4: ‘Loescher’s Explicit View of Ecclesiology’, sub-§ 3.4.2: «Summary», pages 197–198Second, Roman Catholicism in India dilly-dallied on the caste question, treating ‘caste’ as an adiaphora which was not significant in matters relating to salvation.
2015, Ankur Barua, Debating ‘Conversion’ in Hinduism and Christianity (Routledge Hindu Studies Series) (hardback) (e-book), chapter v: “Preaching the kingdom: ‘Caste’ and ‘conversion’”Synonyms: adiaphoron
Synonyms & antonyms
nounSynonym of adiaphoron.
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