kenosis

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κένωσις (kénōsis, “emptying”) (see keno- and κενό (kenó)), from κενόειν (kenóein, “to empty”) (with reference to Philippians 2.vii, "But he emptied himself, taking the form of a slave, becoming as human beings are" – New Jerusalem Version).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɪˈnəʊsɪs/

Noun

kenosis (countable and uncountable, plural kenoses)

1. (Christianity) Christ's voluntary abasement consisting of humanity and the simultaneous occultation of the Divinity.
   • 2018, Bradford McCall, A Modern Relation of Theology and Science Assisted by Emergence and Kenosis, Wipf and Stock, →ISBN, page 61:

     So then, kenosis is the general way in which God interacts with the world. It is interesting to ponder that the term kenosis is most frequently linked to Christ's voluntary renunciation of certain divine attributes in order to identify himself with mankind, as recorded in the Pauline hymn found in Phil 2:5–11.

Related terms

• kenotic
• kenotism
• kenoticism
• kenoticist

Translations

Christ's voluntary abasement

• Greek: κένωση (el) f (kénosi)

  Ancient Greek: κένωσις f (kénōsis)

• Polish: kenoza (pl) f

See also

• krypsis

Anagrams

• Sienkos, ski nose, ski-nose