antinomianism

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[an-ti-noh-mee-uh-niz-uhm] / ˌæn tɪˈnoʊ mi əˌnɪz əm /

noun

1. Theology. the belief 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.

   In his 1539 book, Luther contrasts antinomianism with the true gospel, stressing that law is good and drives us to Christ and to daily repentance.

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Etymology

Origin of antinomianism

antinomian + -ism

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antinomianism

The free love script stands in the 2,000-year-old history of what scholars call antinomianism in Christian thought.

From Salon ● Oct. 8, 2022

Colonial America had seen its share of religious battles, in which arcane theological disputes like the one over antinomianism caused Puritans to be banished from Massachusetts and have to go establish colonies like Rhode Island.

From Time Magazine Archive

To show however that antinomianism can graft itself upon other stocks besides that of the Calvinistic decrees, it was found also among the Moravians, and the Methodists did not escape....

From Fletcher of Madeley by Frederic W. Macdonald

In theology, subjectivism develops as its 'left wing' antinomianism.

From The Will to Believe : and Other Essays in Popular Philosophy by William James

If legalism gets its answer in the character of the restoration, antinomianism gets its answer in the effect thereof.

From Notes on the Book of Genesis by Charles Henry Mackintosh

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