Meanings
- uncountableChristianityThe belief that the human nature of Christ is omnipresent.
She argues this in express critique of Luther's “ubiquitism” that supposedly stretches Jesus out everywhere.
2015, Paul R. Hinlicky, Beloved Community: Critical Dogmatics after Christendom, page 6042 more examples
The offers of several Lutheran divines—opponents of ubiquitism —to write a reply, were declined by the Bishops.
1885, Edmund De Schweinitz, The History of the Church Known as the Unitas Fratrum, page 417This note is then immediately followed by a discussion about another process of 'usurpation' in connection with place: that of transubstantiation and the doctrine of ubiquitism.
1999, Jas Elsner, Jaś Elsner, John Elsner, Voyages and Visions: Towards a Cultural History of Travel, page 112
Origin
- Latinubique“everywhere”
- Englishubiquitism
From Latin ubique (“everywhere”) + -ism.
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