Rare word #6: theanthropic

Theanthropic (from θεάνθρωπος "god-man"): Both divine and human in nature or quality.

Not up there with my earlier rare words, but interesting enough to post on. I was reading a few article about the theanthropic nature of the Church and they all referenced its indivisible nature (just as Christ is singular and unique). They then went directly into a list of those ecclesial bodies that "fell away." That strain of thought invariably feeds into how churches outside the authors' membership (whether they be Orthodox or Catholic) are outside His Church. Some then contend that these bodies are defective, without grace, or (the more kindly) that we can know little of their state as they are outside communion. How lamentable that the same word to describe our Savior is also used by some as a blunt instrument in posturing.