antinomianism
Meanings
Plural: antinomianisms
Noun
- the theological doctrine that by faith and God's grace a Christian is freed from all laws (including the moral standards of the culture)
- The belief or teaching that because only the spiritual "law of faith" (Romans 3:27) is essential for salvation, obedience to any practical or moral law has no role to play, even as a guide to conduct or as a test of the genuineness of faith.
- Opposition to the Torah.
Origin / Etymology
From antinomian + -ism, coined by Martin Luther, notably used in his Against the Antinomians (1539).
Antonyms
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