Term
traducianism
The view that a child's soul is inherited from both parents at conception, similar to physical characteristics.
Filed underAnthropology & Hamartiology
Definition
The view that the soul of a child is inherited from the baby's mother and father at the moment of conception, just as the physical characteristics of the child are inherited from the parents.
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Sources
- 1.Wayne A. Grudem Systematic Theology: An Introduction to Biblical Doctrine. 2nd ed.. (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan Academic, 2020). 23B.1Original citation: Grudem, Wayne A. Systematic Theology: An Introduction to Biblical Doctrine. 2nd ed. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan Academic, 2020, 23B.1.
Last revised August 14, 2026