different between traducianism vs creationism

English

Etymology

From traducian +? -ism.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /t???dju?s??n?z(?)m/

Noun

traducianism (uncountable)

1. (theology) The doctrine that the soul or spirit is inherited from one or both parents.
   • 2003, Roy Porter, Flesh in the Age of Reason, Penguin (2004), page 37n:

     Augustine's insistence on its spiritual nature made it hard for him to uphold, along with Tertullian, the doctrine of physical traducianism.

   • 2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin 2010, p. 145:

     Tertullian suggested that the human soul is transmitted by parents to their children and is therefore inescapably associated with continuing human sin: this doctrine of ‘traducianism’ underlay the pessimistic view of the human condition and its imprisonment in original sin which was presented in an extreme form by that later theological giant from North Africa, Augustine of Hippo.

Synonyms

• generationism

Related terms

• traduce
• traducian

English

Etymology

creation +? -ism

Noun

creationism (usually uncountable, plural creationisms)

1. (theology) The Abrahamic doctrine that each individual human soul is created by God, as opposed to traducianism.
2. Any creationary belief, especially a belief that the origin of things is due to an event or process of creation brought about by the deliberate act of any divine agency, such as a Creator God (creator god).
3. The belief that a deity created the world, especially as described in a particular religious text, such as the Quran or the Book of Genesis.
   • 2008, Thomas Dixon, Science and Religion: A Very Short Introduction, link

Hyponyms

• intelligent design

Derived terms

Related terms

• creationist
• creationistic

Translations

Anagrams

• Marcionites, anisometric, miscreation, reactionism, romanticise