Erastian

[i'ræstʃәn]

解释:

(n.) One of the followers of Thomas Erastus, a German physician and theologian of the 16th century. He held that the punishment of all offenses should be referred to the civil power, and that holy communion was open to all. In the present day, an Erastian is one who would see the church placed entirely under the control of the State.

校对:莎娜

解释:

n. a follower of Thomas Erastus (1524-83) a Swiss physician who denied the church the right to inflict excommunication and disciplinary penalties: one who minimises the spiritual independence of the church subordinating her jurisdiction to the state—a position not held by Erastus at all.—adj. relating to the Erastians or their doctrines.—n. Erast′ianism control of church by state.

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