Christhood

[krahyst-hood]

noun

1. the condition of being a Christ.

Christhood

/ ˈkraɪsthʊd /

noun

1. the state of being the Christ, the anointed one of God

Word History and Origins

Origin of Christhood¹

late Middle English word dating back to 1375–1425; Christ, -hood

Example Sentences

His Christhood was thought of as something in the future, not yet realized.

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There is, however, a caustic rebuke of Peter for his carnal, Jewish idea of the implications of Christhood.

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We think of the Christhood of Jesus, of the Christliness of such love as this.

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And yet again, consider how immediately the doctrine of His suffering follows upon the confession of His Christhood, and judge whether the crucifixion was merely a painful incident, the sad close of a noble life and a pure ministry, or in itself a necessary and cardinal event, fraught with transcendent issues.

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Epiphanius says this was a heathen rite, but it rather resembles some Basilidian or Gnostic commemoration of the spiritual birth of the Divine life in Jesus of the Christhood, from the older creation the Ecclesia.

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