a. Theol. [ad. Gr. κενωτικ-ός, f. κενόειν to empty: see prec. and -IC.] Of or pertaining to kenosis; involving or accepting the doctrine of kenosis.
1882–3. Schaff, Encycl. Relig. Knowl., I. 461. The Kenotic view of Giessen is more in accordance with the facts of Christ’s life. Ibid. The Kenotic controversy was renewed recently.
1895. Ch. Q. Rev., 487. [A] leaning towards the Kenotic theories of the Incarnation.
Hence Kenoticism, the doctrine of, or belief in, the kenosis of Christ; Kenoticist, one who believes in, or maintains, the kenosis.
1882–3. Schaff, Encycl. Relig. Knowl., I. 458. Baur, Dorner, Rothe, and the modern Kenoticists.
1891. Ch. Q. Rev., Oct., 9. The Kenoticist does not deny them, but practically he gets rid of them to a greater or less extent by his theory of kenosis.
1898. W. Bright, Law of Faith, 337, note. Kenoticism may indeed be described as a solvent of faith.
