kenosis

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For if creation is God's kenosis, or self-emptying (and spontaneous and unnarcissary self-giving), then Jesus 'work on the cross represents a parallel kenosis, a complete self-emptying, even into the "negative existence" of death.

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  1. noun Christianity The relinquishment of the form of God by Jesus in becoming man and suffering death.

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  • It is none other than the kenosis, or self-emptying, that again mirrors the relation between Father and Son, and Son and world. —  One Cosmos
  • Here's an example: Williams 'role as Archbishop of Canterbury in recent years illustrates precisely this dialectic of kenosis and apocalypse. —  Heart, Mind, Soul, and Strength
  • It may become a coherent Province, but only if it manages to stay together and its members embrace a kenosis that allows it to develop clearer structures and a strong common identity; there is no certainty they will choose to do so. —  Anglican Mainstream
  • And so, after focusing on the amazing mystery of Christ's humiliation or self-emptying ( "kenosis" in Greek), this hymn goes on joyously to celebrate Christ's exaltation after death. —  †Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam†
  • Taking up the theme of kenosis, Southgate suggests that God's self-emptying love is foundational both to intra-trinitarian relationships and to the relationship between God and the world. —  A Thinking Reed
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  1. Late Greek kenōsis, from Greek, an emptying, from kenoun, to empty, from kenos, empty.

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  1. New Latin, from Greek κένωσις, an emptying, depletion, in theological use with reference to Phil. ii. 6, 7, “who, being in the form of God, … emptied himself (ἑαυτο\ν ἐκένωσε), taking the form of a servant” (revised version); from κενοῡν, make empty, from κενός, empty.
 

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