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Anthropopathists (from , a man, and , an affection), a class of believers differing somewhat from the Anthropomorphites (q.v.), by ascribing to the Divine Being, not the possession of a human body, but the same limitations and defects which are found cleaving to the human spirit. There is a true, in opposition to a false, … Continue reading “Anthropopathists”

Anthropopathism (Gr. anthropos, man; pathein, suffer) Sometimes referred to as the pathetic fallacy, i.e., attributing human feelings illegitimately to situations or things lacking such capacities. — V.F. Fuente: The Dictionary of Philosophy

Anthropopatheia; or, Condescension The Ascribing of Human Attributes, etc., to God. An-thrp-o-path-ei-a. Greek, , from (anthropos), man, and (pathos), affections and feelings, etc. (from , paschein), to suffer). This figure is used of the ascription of human passions, actions, or attributes to God. The Hebrews had a name for this figure, and called it (Derech … Continue reading “Anthropopatheia; or, Condescension”

ANTHROPOMORPHITES A sect of ancient heretics, who, taking every thing spoken of God in the scripture in a literal sense, particularly that passage of Genesis in which it is said, “God made man after his own image, ” maintained that God had a human shape. Fuente: Theological Dictionary Anthropomorphites SEE ANTHROPOMORPHISM, a sect of ancient … Continue reading “Anthropomorphites”

Anthropomorphitae Anthropomorphitae (Anthropomorphism), (, man, and , form). Terms applied to those who ascribe to God human shape and form. We must distinguish two kinds of anthropomorphism, a doctrinal and a symbolical. The former is heretical, the latter Scriptural, and necessarily arises from the imperfection of human language and human knowledge of God. The one … Continue reading “Anthropomorphitae”

Anthropomorphisms Figures of speech, which attribute human forms, acts, and affections to God. Miscellaneous figures Gen 2:2-3; Exo 31:17; Gen 2:19; Gen 6:6; Exo 32:14; Jdg 2:18; 1Sa 15:35; 2Sa 24:16; 1Ch 21:15; Psa 106:45; Jer 26:19; Amo 7:3; Gen 9:16; Gen 11:5; Gen 11:7; Num 11:25; Gen 18:17-19; Gen 18:21; Gen 18:33; Gen 19:29; … Continue reading “Anthropomorphisms”

Anthropomorphism, Anthropomorphites (anthropos, man, and morphe, form). A term used in its widest sense to signify the tendency of man to conceive the activities of the external world as the counterpart of his own. A philosophic system which borrows its method from this tendency is termed Philosophic Anthropomorphism. The word, however, has been more generally … Continue reading “Anthropomorphism, Anthropomorphites”

anthropomorphism (Greek: anthropos, man; morphe, form) Representation or conception of the Deity under a human form or with human attributes and subject to human vices and passions. This was very common among the pagans of Greece and Rome. In the 4th century, some few Christians in Syria and Scythia, under the leadership of Audreus, interpreting … Continue reading “Anthropomorphism”

Anthropology, Philosophical (in Max Scheler) The philosophical science concerned with the questions about the essence of man. — P.A.S. Fuente: The Dictionary of Philosophy

anthropology (Greek: anthropos, man; logos, science of) Strictly speaking, should embrace the study of all that constitutes a human being, body and soul, social relations, past history and development, but its meaning is restricted to the study of the physical or bodily characteristics of a human being only, measurement of various parts of the body, … Continue reading “Anthropology”