antinomian

American  

[an-ti-noh-mee-uhn] / ˌæn tɪˈnoʊ mi ən /

noun

1. a person who maintains that Christians, by virtue of divine grace, are freed not only from biblical law and church-prescribed behavioral norms, but also from all moral law.

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antinomian British  

/ ˌæntɪˈnəʊmɪən /

adjective

1. relating to the doctrine that by faith and the dispensation of grace a Christian is released from the obligation of adhering to any moral law

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noun

1. a member of a Christian sect holding such a doctrine

Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• antinomianism
  noun

Etymology

Origin of antinomian

First recorded in 1635–45; from Medieval Latin Antinom(ī) name of sect (plural of Antinomus “opponent of (the moral) law,” from Greek antí anti- + nómos “law”) + -ian

Example Sentences

Antinomian reform efforts led to experimental social utopian communities such as Oneida, in the state of New York, founded in 1848 by the Christian writer John Humphrey Noyes.

From Salon • Oct. 8, 2022

Amongst some of the Baptists there are some of Antinomian tendencies, and the preachers of such doctrines have very large congregations. 

From The Religious Life of London by Ritchie, J. Ewing (James Ewing)

Although by these violent and unjust punishments, and by disarming the disaffected, the Antinomian spirit was for a time put down, unity was by no means restored.

From The Conquest of Canada (Vol. 1 of 2) by Warburton, George

He preaches the gospel, and yet is not Antinomian.

From The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning by Binning, Hugh

Antigonos of Soko, 480 Antinomian, 428, 439 Antoninus, 403, 422 Apicoros—Epicurean, 21, 65 Apocalyptic books, 12 f.

From Jewish Theology by Kohler, Kaufmann