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Arminian

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/ ɑːˈmɪnɪən /

adjective

  1. denoting, relating to, or believing in the Christian Protestant doctrines of Jacobus Arminius, published in 1610, which rejected absolute predestination and insisted that the sovereignty of God is compatible with free will in man. These doctrines deeply influenced Wesleyan and Methodist theology

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. a follower of such doctrines

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Ultimately, Friedman concludes, the new science of economics secularized Arminian ideas, foreshadowing a world in which the market and other secular institutions would take over from God the task of improving human prospects.

From New York Times Jan. 26, 2021

Arminian theology made its most lasting mark in the United States.

From New York Times Jan. 26, 2021

The most distinguished Arminian dogmatist after Episcopius was Phil.

From Church History, Vol. 3 of 3 by Kurtz, J. H.

Wes′leyanism, the system of doctrine and church polity of the Wesleyan Methodists: Arminian Methodism.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various

With this statement Wesley would, we think, have agreed; but he undoubtedly held that antinomianism was a much more natural and likely result of Calvinistic than of Arminian principles.

From Fletcher of Madeley by Macdonald, Frederic W.

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