kenosis
noun [ U ] religion specialized uk/kɪˈnəʊ.sɪs/ us/kɪˈnoʊ.sɪs/
神性放弃(神学用语,尤指耶稣基督放弃自己作为神的一部分本性而成为人的样子)
(in Christianity) the fact of someone giving up something, especially used to refer to Jesus Christ giving up part of his nature as a god and becoming a human
Kenosis means the giving up of divine glory by the eternal Son of God when he became incarnate. 神性放弃是指永生的上帝之子在道成肉身时放弃了神的荣耀。
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- Kenosis involves a gradual stripping of the personality, a gradual process of detachment from inessentials: possessions, clothing, material things, affections, family, power.
- The key word to explain this loss of self is kenosis – the word translated as "emptying" in Philippians.
- Finally the Son decided to take birth among us, and emptied himself (Greek kenosis) for that purpose.
- In his Gospel, St John mimics the kenosis (emptying) of God the Word, who takes on the poverty of human existence.