traducianism


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tra·du·cian·ism

 (trə-do͞o′shə-nĭz′əm, -dyo͞o′-)
n. Theology
The belief that the soul is inherited from the parents along with the body.
[From Late Latin trādūciānus, believer in traducianism, from trādux, trāduc-, inheritance, from Latin, vine-branch trained for propagation, from trādūcere, to lead across; see traduce.]
tra·du′cian·ist adj. & n.
tra·du′cian·is′tic adj.
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traducianism

(trəˈdjuːʃəˌnɪzəm)
n
(Ecclesiastical Terms) the theory that the soul is transmitted to a child in the act of generation or concomitantly with its body. Compare creationism
[C18: from Church Latin trādūciānus, from trādux transmission; see traduce]
traˈducianist, traˈducian n, adj
traˌducianˈistic adj
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traducianism

Theology. the doctrine that a new human soul is generated from the souls of the parents at the moment of conception. — traducianist, n. — traducianistic, adj.
See also: Soul
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Around 1664 Hale seems to have favored traducianism with respect to the origin of the soul, but by 1672 he certainly held the position of creationism, (172) and this latter creationist doctrine is favored in the present treatise (B1, 109v).
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Even as a bishop, Augustine still entertained four possibilities concerning the soul's origin and nature: (1) traducianism (the soul passed on or generated in procreation), which could clarify the source of original sin, whereas it could not as easily explain the soul's immortality; (2) creationism, with the exact inverse problem: if God creates the soul directly, its immortality is understandable, but how or why the fallenness of Adam continues is unclear; (3) the "mission" theory, that God first creates the soul and then sends it into a body when ready, and (4) R.'s "fallen soul" theory, that the soul once existed in a purely spiritual realm but was sent into corporeality as a punishment for some divine aversion.
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