panentheism
A doctrine that the universe subsists within God, but that God nevertheless transcends…A doctrine that the universe subsists within God, but that God nevertheless transcends or has some existence separate from the universe.
» Panentheism is the belief that everything in the universe is part of God, but that God is more than just the universe.
Meaning
2 senses(uncountable)A doctrine that the universe subsists within God, but that God nevertheless transcends or has some existence separate from the universe.
Panentheismus
пантеи́змpanteízm
the belief that God is in part of the universe and its phenomena and also transcends the universe and intervenes in its operations
(rare, uncountable)A belief in all gods.
Examples
1 sentencesPanentheism is the belief that everything in the universe is part of God, but that God is more than just the universe.
Translations
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Origin
Borrowed from German Panentheismus, coined by Karl Christian Friedrich Krause in 1828 fromBorrowed from German Panentheismus, coined by Karl Christian Friedrich Krause in 1828 from Ancient Greek πᾶν ἐν θεῷ (pân en theōî, “all in god”) + -ismus (“-ism”).
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