tetratheism
English
Etymology
From tetra- + theism.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tɛ.tɹə.ˈθi.ɪzəm/
Noun
tetratheism (uncountable)
- A belief in four gods.
- (Christianity) The belief that there are four elements in the Christian Godhead—the three hypostases (Father, Son, Holy Spirit) of the Trinity and a divine essence out of which each of these originates.
- 2002, Hauben, Hans, “On the Invocation of the 'Holy and Consubstantial Trinity' in Byzantine Oath and Dating Formulas”, in Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik, volume 139, Bonn: Dr. Rudolf Habelt GmbH, ISSN 0084-5388, JSTOR 20191434, page 160:
- […] "consubstantial Trinity" could have been a reaction against the supposed heresy of […] Damian […] who was accused of "tetratheism" (or "tetradism", distinguishing four different entities in the Godhead), a response to, but as it seems a variant of, the very influential "tritheism" of John Philoponus (distinguishing three Deities in the Trinity) […]
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:tetratheism.
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Derived terms
- tetratheist
Related terms
- tritheism
- polytheism
- monotheism
- henotheism
- atheism
References
- tetratheism in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911
- Tetratheism in Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary, London, W. & R. Chambers, 1907. p. 1003.
- Tetratheism in Canney, Maurice A. An Encyclopaedia of Religions, London, G. Routledge, 1921. p. 351. →OCLC.
- Hook, Julius N. The Grand Panjandrum and 2,699 Other Rare, Useful, and Delightful Words and Expressions. Revised and expanded. New York: Collier Books, 1991. p. 132. →ISBN.
See also
- trinitarianism