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Meaning of tetratheism | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

/tɛ.tɹəˈθi.ɪzəm/

Definitions

A belief in four gods.
uncountable
The belief that there are four elements in the Christian Godhead—the three hypostases (Father, Son, Holy Spirit) of the Trinity and a divine essence out of which each of these originates.
uncountable

Examples

“[…] "consubstantial Trinity" could have been a reaction against the supposed heresy of […] Damian […] who was accused of "tetratheism" (or "tetradism", distinguishing four different entities in the Godhead), a response to, but as it seems a variant of, the very influential "tritheism" of John Philoponus (distinguishing three Deities in the Trinity) […]”

CEFR level

C1

Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

See also

tetratheist tetrathiafulvalene tetrathianaphthacene tetrathienoacene tetrathiolate tetrathiomolybdate