Bible Dictionaries
Kenosis

1910 New Catholic Dictionary

Search for…

Enter query below:

or

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z

Prev Entry
Kenny, Saint

Next Entry
Kenrick Seminary

Resource Toolbox

Print Article

Additional Links

Concordances
Scofield Reference Index
• Kenosis
Dictionaries
CARM Theological Dictionary
• Kenosis
Holman Bible Dictionary
• Kenosis
Hastings' BibleDictionary
• Kenosis
Hastings' NT Dictionary
• Kenosis
1910 New Catholic Dictionary
• Kenosis
Encyclopedias
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
• Kenosis
McClintock and Strong's Bible Encyclopedia
• Kenosis
The Catholic Encyclopedia
• Kenosis

(Greek: an emptying)

Saint Paul (Philippians 2) says of Christ that He "emptied Himself." This emptying of self is to be properly understood of the abasement involved in the fact of the Incarnation, wherein the Second Person of the Trinity, retaining in the full sense His Godhead, assumed a lower nature with its limitations and imperfections. Often wrongly interpreted to mean that the Second Person voluntarily surrendered, for the time being, certain divine attributes which seemed incompatible with existence on a human plane.