Theocentric

Word THEOCENTRIC
Character 11
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Pronunciations /θiːəʊˈsɛntɹɪk/

Definitions and meanings of "Theocentric"

What do we mean by theocentric?

Centering on God as the prime concern. adjective

Having God as main focus: with God, a god, or gods as the focal point. adjective

Having God as main focus: with God, a god, or gods as the focal point.

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The word "theocentric" in example sentences

But we do not necessarily differ over the recognition of a diversity of voices in scripture, or over the need, from a confessional point of view of interpreting individual passages in light of all others a long-standing principle of the Reformed tradition, one reason it tends to be theocentric rather than merely Christocentric. ❋ James F. McGrath (2010)

Although the Ordo Missae of Pope Paul VI specifically provides for celebration without an assembly, certain elements in it de-emphasize the theocentric direction of the Mass, actual communion with the intercession of the Mother of God and of the saints, and the benefits derived from the Holy Sacrifice for both the living and the dead. ❋ Elena Maria Vidal (2009)

* Integrated in that it is both theocentric — motivated primarily by a desire to see God glorified among all peoples — and anthropocentric, because it is secondarily driven by a desire to meet the needs of people ❋ Unknown (2007)

Although Hartshorne often criticized the metaphysics of substance found in medieval philosophy, he was very much like medieval thinkers in developing a philosophy that was theocentric. ❋ Dombrowski, Dan (2009)

As before, however, Hartshorne's axiology is ultimately theocentric in character. ❋ Dombrowski, Dan (2009)

An Incarnation of the Godhead and, to a lesser degree, any theocentric saint, sage or prophet is a human being who knows Who he is and can therefore effectively remind other human beings of what htey have allowed themselves to forget: namely, that if they choose to become what potentially they already are, they too can be eternally united with the Divine Ground. ❋ Unknown (2008)

But the spirituality of the presence of God, also after him, will continue to be rigidly theocentric, with all the problems and the "aporie" that derive from it, brought to light by the very authors that treat it. ❋ Papabear (2008)

It is a rigidly theocentric vision that in some authors is driven to the counsel of "leaving to one side the holy humanity of Christ." ❋ Papabear (2008)

Adams, for example, understands some notions of goodness in terms of likeness to God, an understanding that is unquestionably theocentric though not voluntaristic (Adams 1999, pp. 28-38). ❋ Murphy, Mark (2008)

Some appeal to God's status as supremely lovable and deserving of allegiance: if theism is true, then the world of value must be a theocentric one, and so any moral view that does not place God at its center is bound to be inadequate. ❋ Murphy, Mark (2008)

Having said this, I must add also that a theocentric tradition, like Hinduism, is too often cursorily dismissed by those advocating the necessity for faith in Jesus as an exclusive savior. ❋ Unknown (2008)

And it is not as if the view that some normative statuses are not to be explained in terms of God's will must be repugnant to a theocentric metaethics: for, after all, one might understand such statuses in theological, even if not voluntaristic, terms. ❋ Murphy, Mark (2008)

One is theocentric, whatever you may think of their god, while the other is anthropocentric. ❋ Unknown (2007)

By the time the Collect is prayed, the theocentric direction of the Mass has been fatally compromised. ❋ Terry Nelson (2007)

To assume that we can do so is to adopt the theocentric model of knowledge characteristic of the dreaded transcendental realist. ❋ Grier, Michelle (2007)

They felt like their own church was being usurped and taken away from them, and they had a point, since U and Uism had always been theocentric in orientation if not always in practice, since we helped give birth to Humanism in the first place. ❋ Unknown (2005)

To sum up a complex argument, Jones basically said that humanocentric Christians have a lot more in common with humanocentric humanists than they do with theocentric Christians. ❋ Unknown (2005)

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