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Christocentric

American  
[kris-tuh-sen-trik] / ˌkrɪs təˈsɛn trɪk /

adjective

  1. having as the theological focal point the teachings and practices of Jesus Christ.


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Origin of Christocentric

First recorded in 1870–75; Christo- + -centric

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For Barth the Word of God came to man in the person of Christ, and Dogmatics is a Christocentric exploration of that word.

From Time Magazine Archive

Princeton's best-known systematic theologian, Presbyterian George Stuart Hendry, says Barth's Christocentric approach forces many church doctrines into an artificial mold.

From Time Magazine Archive

Paulinism is a religious and Christocentric doctrine, more inward and more powerful than any other which has ever appeared in the Church.

From History of Dogma, Volume 1 (of 7) by Buchanan, Neil

But, while he conceives Christianity as an explanation of the world and as redemption, his Christocentric teaching was opposed to that of the Gnostics.

From History of Dogma, Volume 2 (of 7) by Buchanan, Neil

The teaching is even more Christocentric than before; and the Catholic doctrine of the Church as the body of Christ is more prominent than individualistic mysticism.

From Outspoken Essays by Inge, William Ralph

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