[f. as prec. + -IST.] One who treats of Christology; one who holds a (special) doctrine about Christ.

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1855.  W. H. Mill, Applic. Panth. Princ. (1861), 36. When arguing the principle … with Christologists such as these.

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1882–3.  Schaff, Relig. Encycl., I. 466. Nearly all Christologists admit now the genuine growth and development of Christ’s humanity.

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