antinomian
[an-ti-noh-mee-uh n]
- a person who maintains that Christians are freed from the moral law by virtue of grace as set forth in the gospel.
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Origin of antinomian
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Different from either of these was the Antinomianism charged by Luther against Agricola.
Cold Pelagianism on the one hand, and Antinomianism on the other, have been presented in the same manner.
A Memorial of Mrs. Margaret BreckinridgeArchibald Alexander
She was great at Antinomianism and Bible-classes, and was plainly going to hold a class now.
Tess of the d'UrbervillesThomas Hardy
Antinomianism is as old as St. Paul's doctrine—so very much misunderstood—of justification.
This “necessity” seems the predestination of Calvinism, with the immorality of antinomianism.
Amenities of LiteratureIsaac Disraeli
antinomian
- 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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- a member of a Christian sect holding such a doctrine
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Word Origin and History for antinomianism
n.
1640s, from antinomian + -ism.
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antinomian
n.
"one who maintains the moral law is not binding on Christians under the law of grace," 1640s, from Medieval Latin Antinomi, name given to a sect of this sort that arose in Germany in 1535, from Greek anti- "opposite, against" (see anti-) + nomos "rule, law" (see numismatics).
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