Meanings
nounhamartiology (uncountable)
- uncountableChristianityThe theology or study of sin.
Though defiant of the fundamentally substantialist approach to the problem of sin in the Augustinian tradition, Barth adopts the substantialist nomenclature of the Latin tradition and the basic grammar of Augustine's hamartiology.
2018, Shao Kai Tseng, Barth's Ontology of Sin and Grace: Variations on a Theme of Augustine, Routledge, →ISBN
Origin
From hamartia (“sin”) + -ology.
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hamartiology. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hamartiology
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