Another term for the theological doctrine that God adopted rather than begot Jesus, or more broadly any doctrine emphasizing adoption as a spiritual process.
A variant formation of 'adoptianism,' using the suffix '-ism' but with slightly different morphological construction. Both terms describe the same 8th-9th century theological controversy in Christianity.
The word 'adoptionism' was so theologically loaded that being associated with it could get you exiled—language wasn't just descriptive, it was a weapon in religious power struggles that determined whose interpretation of Christianity would win.
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