ubiquitism

English

Etymology

From Latin ubique (“everywhere”) +‎ -ism.

Noun

ubiquitism (uncountable)

  1. (theology, Christianity) The belief that the human nature of Christ is omnipresent.
    • 1885, Edmund De Schweinitz, The History of the Church Known as the Unitas Fratrum, page 417:
      The offers of several Lutheran divines—opponents of ubiquitism —to write a reply, were declined by the Bishops.
    • 1999, Jas Elsner, Jaś Elsner, John Elsner, Voyages and Visions: Towards a Cultural History of Travel, page 112:
      This note is then immediately followed by a discussion about another process of 'usurpation' in connection with place: that of transubstantiation and the doctrine of ubiquitism.
    • 2015, Paul R. Hinlicky, Beloved Community: Critical Dogmatics after Christendom, page 604:
      She argues this in express critique of Luther's “ubiquitism” that supposedly stretches Jesus out everywhere.
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