| anthropopatheia | |
| an'-thro-po-path-ei'-a | from
Gk. anthropos, "man" and pathos, "affections, feelings" |
| syncatabasis | |
| condescensio, humanus affectus | |
| condescension |
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Ascribing human attributes to God. | |
| Examples | ||
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the following example, God speaks as though he were ignorant of what Abraham
would have done; thus, a human quality (ignorance) is attributed to God: And Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to slay his son. And the angel of the LORD called unto him out of heaven, and said, Abraham, Abraham: and he said, Here am I. And he said, Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou any thing unto him: for now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only son from me. —Genesis 22:10-12 |
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| Sources: | Smith ("anthropopatheia" "humanus affectus") 204-206; Bullinger 871 | |
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