supralapsarian

British  

/ ˌsuːprəlæpˈsɛərɪən, ˌsjuː- /

noun

1. Christian theol a person who believes that God decreed the election or nonelection of individuals to salvation even before the Fall Compare infralapsarian

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Other Word Forms

• supralapsarianism noun

Etymology

Origin of supralapsarian

C17: from New Latin suprālapsārius, from Latin _supra- + lapsus a fall

Example Sentences

We have seen an absurd allegory, the heroine of which is named Hephzibah, written by some raving supralapsarian preacher who was dissatisfied with the mild theology of the Pilgrim's Progress.

From Critical and Historical Essays — Volume 2 by Macaulay, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron

He had as colleague Franz Gomarus, a strong supralapsarian, perfervid, irrepressible; and their collisions, personal, official, political, tended to develop and define their respective positions.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 5 "Arculf" to "Armour, Philip" by Various

Had he felt the need of an implicit faith amid the welter of sectarianism and the jargon of its turbulent schisms, six principle men, peculiar people, seed and snake baptists, supralapsarian dogmatists?

From A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by Joyce, James

Calvin's successor in Geneva, Theodore Beza, was also a strict supralapsarian.

From Historical Introductions to the Symbolical Books of the Evangelical Lutheran Church by Bente, F. (Friedrich)