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antinomianism

Syllables: an·ti·no·mi·an·ism/æntiˈnoʊmi.ənɪzəm/

antinomianism noun: 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.

Noun (1)

antinomianism (countable and uncountable, plural antinomianisms)

  1. 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.
    • Near-synonyms: solifidianism, sola fide
    • Always containing seeds of antinomianism, mysticism inevitably undermined that authority, but because the church's hegemony rested on mystery, mysticism could not altogether be prohibited. The common will to reach God was too strong, and the church was political before it was anything else.1989, Greil Marcus, “The Assault on Notre-Dame”, in Lipstick Traces, Faber & Faber, published 2009
    Synonyms:
    antinomism, solifidianism, w:sola fide
  2. (Judaism) Opposition to the Torah.

Noun (2) capitalized: Antinomianism

Antinomianism (usually uncountable, plural Antinomianisms)

  1. (usually) Alternative letter-case form of antinomianism.

Synonyms of antinomianism

Antonyms

All synonyms and antonyms of antinomianism

Forms of antinomianism

pluralantinomianisms
pluralAntinomianisms

Origin of antinomianism

From antinomian + -ism, coined by Martin Luther, notably used in his Against the Antinomians (1539).

Questions about antinomianism

What does antinomianism mean?
Antinomianism means 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.
What part of speech is antinomianism?
Antinomianism is a noun.
How do you pronounce antinomianism?
Antinomianism is pronounced /æntiˈnoʊmi.ənɪzəm/ (US).
What is the plural of antinomianism?
The plural of antinomianism is antinomianisms.

Words near antinomianism in the dictionary

  1. antinomad
  2. antinome
  3. antinomes
  4. antinomial
  5. antinomian
  6. antinomianism
  7. antinomianisms
  8. antinomians
  9. antinomic
  10. antinomical
  11. antinomically

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