confessionality

English

Etymology

confessional +‎ -ity

Noun

confessionality (uncountable)

1. The degree or quality of being confessional.
   • 1884, Julius Ferdinand Raebiger, Encyclopaedia of Theology‎^[1]:

     That, in consequence of this, the task is conceived of in too limited a fashion, is made clear at the first glance, but the limitation arises only from the confessionality of this theology.

   • 2008, Lorelei F. Fuchs, Koinonia and the Quest for an Ecumenical Ecclesiology:

     Confessionality is the foundation for the Lutheran concept of confessional fellowship (Bekenntnisgemeinschaft). By confessionality is meant the expression of Christian faith in a particular church tradition or denomination of Christianity. For Lutheran churches, the doctrinal basis for this particularity is found in the Bible, in Christian creeds and in the Lutheran confessional documents of the sixteenth century.

Related terms

• confessionalism

Translations

degree or quality

• Spanish: confesionalidad f