pharisaism

pharisaism englanniksi

1. The doctrines and practices, or the character and spirit, of the Pharisees.

2. (quote-book) Paul never says where he made contact with Pharisaism, in Tarsus, Syria, or Jerusalem. (..) The evidence concerning Pharisaism is so slim that we do not know how Paul came to know about Pharisaism, why he was attracted to it, and what being a Pharisee entailed.

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4. Rigid observance of external forms of religion without genuine piety; hypocrisy in religion; a censorious, self-righteous spirit in matters of morals or manners.

5. 1915, John Oman, “The Judgment of the Churches”, in ''The War and Its Issues: An Attempt at a Christian Judgment'', Cambridge: At the University Press|University Press, (w) 561696232; 2nd edition, Cambridge: At the University Press, 1916, (w) 22245117, page 59:

But denunciations do not go far, and the only living and effective protest would be a society itself delivered from all pharisaisms and idolatries.