Christianism
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of Christianism
1570–80; < Late Latin Chrīstiānismus < Greek Chrīstiānismós Christianity, equivalent to chrīstiān ( ós ) Christian + -ismos -ism
Example Sentences
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Descartes' independence of thought did not tend to revolt, as he had proved: in publishing his Discourse on Method he halted at the threshold of Christianism without laying his hand upon the sanctuary.
From A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 5 by Black, Robert
They are not socialists, but both see that modern socialism and orthodox Christianism are utterly irreconcilable incompatibilities.
From Communism and Christianism Analyzed and Contrasted from the Marxian and Darwinian Points of View by Brown, William Montgomery
Christianism, Theism, Materialism, and Atheism will be regarded as open questions, subject to unreserved discussion.
From The Principles Of Secularism by Holyoake, George Jacob
Instead of answering that question it rather laid down rules, the recognition of which was to be the guarantee of Christianism.
From History of Dogma, Volume 2 (of 7) by Buchanan, Neil
"The emotions of men," Rousseau argued, "have by seventeen hundred years of asceticism and Christianism been so disciplined, that they can now be trusted to their own guidance."
From The Origins and Destiny of Imperial Britain Nineteenth Century Europe by Cramb, J. A. (John Adam)
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