Jesuolatry

English Alternative forms en Jesusolatry Etymology en :af Jesus -o- -latry 1 1 1, with loss of the final ⟨s⟩ of en Jesus, forming the base en Jesu-, as in en Jesuit, en Jesuism and en Jesuology. Pronunciation en /d͡ʒɛz(j)uˈɒlətɹi/ en ɒlətɹi 5 Noun - en Christianity derogatory The worship of Jesus, especially when regarded as neglecting his divinity or the doctrine of the Trinity. en Christolatry en 1876 Frances Crombie, M. D. Cusin Frédéric Godet F. Godet Commentary on the Gospel of St. John 1 Edinburgh 384 https://books.google.com/books?id=SigYS5gBA5IC&pg=PA384 History says in substance, that of all the writings of the New Testament, the Gospel of John above all, and of all the parts of this Gospel, the prologue above all, have paved the way for Jesuolatry, and thereby for eighteen centuries kept Christianity int he condition of a mitigated paganism. en 1892 Australian Essays 107 https://books.google.com/books?id=5PnGTqfSBt0C&pg=PA107 “[...] The Trinity—the Atonement—the Deity of Christ—are to him ‘mere crude superstitions which disfigure and obscure pure and true religion.’ It never seems to have occurred to him that, although these doctrines may be empty formulæ to him, they were and are passionate realities to others.”“That is very true.”“He will talk with the same ignorance of what he would call Jesuolatry as a Protestant will of what he calls Mariolatry, neither he nor the Protestant understanding any more of a deep spiritual truth than its cut-and-dried dogmatical letter.” en 1922 w:Oliver Chase Quick Liberalism, Modernism and Tradition 17 https://books.google.com/books?id=1YA4AAAAMAAJ [...] science, if we were to permit ourselves to substitute for the historic faith some atheistic Jesuolatry of this kind. en 1929 R. H. Strachan The Authority of Christian Experience 125 https://books.google.com/books?id=VT8AAAAAMAAJ To this end, the symbol must have as its central, dominating conception the Lordship of Christ. The danger of mere Jesuolatry must be repelled. en 1938 Anglican Theological Review 12 https://books.google.com/books?id=O9rRAAAAMAAJ As against the Jesuolatry of liberal Protestantism, this is understandable enough; but the close union of divine and human in Christ which orthodox theology has proclaimed makes possible in Catholic piety the love of the humanity of our Lord. en 1967 Bruce L. Shelley Evangelicalism in America 33–34 https://books.google.com/books?id=Ow5KAAAAIAAJ To observers of Christian movements the weaknesses of Pietism are well known. Its emphasis on personal sanctification tended at times to anxious and introspective individualism. Being an exclusive society within the church, it was always in danger of falling into Pharisaism. Because of its concern to rescue individuals “as brands from the burning,” it inclined to overlook the lordship of Christ over all men and all of life. This tendency produced in some circles a sentimental Jesuolatry which did less than full justice to the classical Trinitarian faith. Admittedly, then, Pietism, like all other movements in human history, had its weaknesses. en 1978 w:Frederick C. Grant Ancient Judaism and the New Testament 26 https://books.google.com/books?id=GlcqAAAAYAAJ This is mere “Jesuolatry,” of the kind which historic Christianity has always repudiated , namely , the worship of a man. en 1998 Theology in Turmoil 84 https://books.google.com/books?id=YmhKAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA84 Finally, Canon Quick observed that the logical terminus of Ritschl’s conception of the person of Christ was either Unitarianism or ‘mere Jesuolatry’. Related terms en Jesuolatrous en eponyms