sonship

Examples

• All

• The paschal narrative reveals that human history is a pedagogy of sonship, where sonship is an ongoing and sometimes painful process.

  Academic text (2005)

• They are Israelites, and to them belong the sonship, the glory, the covenants, the giving of the law, the worship, and the promises; and to them belong the patriarchs, and of their race, according to the flesh, is the Christ.

  Academic text (2000)

• Michael Coogan points out that the notion of the sonship of the king was revolutionary.

• Such is the "plan of his loving kindness," conceived by the Father before the foundation of the world, in his beloved Son: "He destined us in love to be his sons" and "to be conformed to the image of his Son," through "the spirit of sonship."

  Blog text (16)

• The prevailing New Testament Christology seems, strictly speaking, to be neither Logos Christology nor Spirit Christology, but a Christology of divine sonship.

  Academic text (1992)

• From eternity past, He predestinated us to be holy (share God's holy nature and be partakers of His nature, 2 Pet. 1:4) and unto sonship (be partakers of God's life, be children of God, and have the authority and privilege to express God in His life, John 1:12-13; 3:15).

  Blog text (19)

• According to Christian belief, through faith, we can all experience a spiritual sonship with God.

• Many people find comfort in the idea of divine sonship, believing it connects them to a greater purpose.

• The concept of sonship implies a unique relationship that goes beyond mere biological connections.

Synonyms

F

filiation

vssonship

• Formal

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A relationship between a child and their parents that the law recognizes

focuses on being a male offspring with spiritual meaning rather than a legal relationship

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology