Arminian

British  

/ 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

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noun

1. a follower of such doctrines

Other Word Forms

• Arminianism noun

Example Sentences

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 theological lessons were exceedingly interesting, for theology touches the average Scot on both his weakest and strongest side, and a barely veiled dispute was always lingering between the Calvinistic and Arminian students.

From All the Days of My Life: An Autobiography The Red Leaves of a Human Heart by Barr, Amelia Edith Huddleston

Arminian, and Socinian doctrine that the human will co-operates with the divine in the matter of saving grace.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various

He took an active part in the Arminian and Calvinist controversy in the English church.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 7 "Gyantse" to "Hallel" by Various