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antinomian

[ an-ti-noh-mee-uhn ]

noun

  1. a person who maintains 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.


antinomian

/ ˌæԳɪˈəʊɪə /

adjective

  1. relating to the doctrine that by faith and the dispensation of grace a Christian is released from the obligation of adhering to any moral law
“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 member of a Christian sect holding such a doctrine
“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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Derived Forms

  • ˌԳپˈԴdzԾ, noun
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Other yvlog Forms

  • ·پ·Դ··· noun
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of antinomian1

First recorded in 1635–45; from Medieval Latin ԳپԴdz(ī) name of sect (plural of Antinomus “opponent of (the moral) law,” from Greek Գí anti- + óDz “law”) + -ian
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Versions of the antinomian controversy raged throughout Christian history, debated by theologians and enacted by various groups.

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Hutchinson spoke about her religious convictions in ways that convinced authorities she was an antinomian, someone who believed she received direct revelation from God.

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By teaching that victory is the only morality, many evangelical leaders seem to be enjoying the wild, antinomian party.

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Here, the tramp is truly the other: rather than a projection of our fears, he’s a realisation of our romantically antinomian fantasies.

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Reinforcing this problematic view, Brown presents Shiite Muslims, rationalist Mu’tazila theologians and antinomian Sufis chiefly as disruptive outsiders against whom Sunni jurists must struggle to preserve Islam’s integrity.

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