English
adoptionism
From adoption + -ism.
A compound of adoption + -ism
Latin optō ‘to choose, select, prefer, opt’
Latin adoptō ‘to take by choice, choose, select’
Latin adoptio
French adoption
English adoption
Today it means
noun A form of Christianity which maintains that Jesus is divine only in the sense that God the Father adopted him, either at Jesus' birth, or at his death, as opposed to the orthodox understanding of the nature of the Trinity.
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Etymograph / adoptionism