Definition of ANTINOMIANISM

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

legalism

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