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ke·no·sis  (k-nss)
n. Christianity
The relinquishment of the form of God by Jesus in becoming man and suffering death.
[Late Greek kensis, from Greek, an emptying, from kenoun, to empty, from kenos, empty.]
ke·notic (-ntk) adj.


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Our care for one another, as others have need and we have resources, is likened to the kenosis of the Christ (cf.
Fourth Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 8): 2 July 2006 by Currents in Theology and Mission
Kierkegaard's concept of genuine selfhood under God through kenosis marks a crucial difference between Percy and Camus.
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For those of us who fulfill our baptismal call to follow Jesus in and through the sacrament of matrimony, kenosis is the call to a self-emptying or dying to our needs, hopes, and expectations.
LEARNING FROM MARRIAGE : The sacrament that just won't quit by Gaillardetz, Richard R. / Commonweal
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