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supralapsarianism

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[soo-pruh-lap-sair-ee-uh-niz-uhm] / ˌsu prə læpˈsɛər i əˌnɪz əm /

noun

Theology.

  1. the doctrine that the decree of election preceded human creation and the Fall (infralapsarianism ).

Other Word Forms

  • supralapsarian noun

Etymology

Origin of supralapsarianism

1765–75; supra- + lapsarian, as in infralapsarian + -ism

Example Sentences

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Whitgift strove to force on the Church the Calvinistic supralapsarianism of his Lambeth Articles.

From History of the English People, Volume IV by Green, John Richard

The issue of supralapsarianism v. infralapsarianism was avoided.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 6 "Dodwell" to "Drama" by Various

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