Christhood
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of Christhood
late Middle English word dating back to 1375–1425; see origin at Christ, -hood
Example Sentences
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His moral earnestness is a mark of his Christhood and his work a part of the Atonement.
From The New Theology by Campbell, R. J. (Reginald John)
The Christhood means not the body of Jesus but the perfection of divine virtues manifest in Him.
From The Promulgation of Universal Peace by `Abdu'l-Bahá
We think of the Christhood of Jesus, of the Christliness of such love as this.
From The Expositor's Bible: Ephesians by Findlay, G. G.
The reality of Jesus was the perfect meaning, the Christhood in Him which in the Holy Books is symbolized as the Word.
From The Promulgation of Universal Peace by `Abdu'l-Bahá
He received the Grace of the Alone-begotten—that is to say, His Christhood or His Perfecting.
From The Gnôsis of the Light by Lamplugh, F.
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