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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.

kenosis [kɪˈnəʊsɪs]
n
(Christianity / Ecclesiastical Terms) Christianity Christ's voluntary renunciation of certain divine attributes, in order to identify himself with mankind (Philippians 2:6-7)
[from Greek: an emptying, from kenoun to empty from kenos empty]
kenotic  [kɪˈnɒtɪk] adj & n


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The theological basis for this prayer lies in the principle of kenosis (Philippians 2:6-11), Jesus's self-emptying love that forms the core of his own self-understanding and life practice.
Kenosis tells us what God does not do rather than what God does.
This echoes Bloom's kenosis, "a movement towards discontinuity" prompted by another's psycho-competitive influence (14).
 
 
 
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