theanthropic


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the·an·throp·ic

 (thē′ăn-thrŏp′ĭk) also the·an·throp·i·cal (-ĭ-kəl)
adj.
Both divine and human in nature or quality.
[From Late Greek theanthrōpos, god-man : Greek theo-, theo- + Greek anthrōpos, man.]
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For Calvin, Christ as God incarnate is both "Cosmic Mediator" and "Redemptive Mediator," i.e., as theanthropic. Both mediatorial roles depend on an eternal divine decree.
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Freud speaks of a 'theanthropic sacrifice of the god', which has to be understood as a 'reproduction' of the killing of the primal father.
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Hence, both Scripture and the sacraments function "as corollary expressions of the theanthropic life of Christ" (83).
The Interior Sense of Scripture: The Sacred Hermeneutics of John W. Nevin

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