antipredestinarian
UK/ˌæntɪpɹiːdɛstɪˈnɛəɹɪən/US/ˌæntipɹidɛstɪˈnɛɹiən/
antipredestinarian adjective: opposed to the doctrine of predestination.
Adjective
antipredestinarian (comparative more antipredestinarian, superlative most antipredestinarian)
- Opposed to the doctrine of predestination.
- Antipredestinarian ideas cropped up in many places, expressed by persons who may have had little else in common: sectaries such as the Quakers and General Baptists, democratizing radicals such as Walwyn and Winstanley, and academics such as the Cambridge Platonists Cudworth and More.2006, Tobias Gregory, From Many Gods to One, page 304
- A 17th-century controversy between the followers of Jacob Arminius and Francis Gomar over predestination was settled by the Synod of Dort (1618—1619), which condemned the antipredestinarian teachings of Arminius in its Canons of Dort.2009, Robert Benedetto, Donald K. McKim, Historical Dictionary of the Reformed Churches, page 346
Forms of antipredestinarian
| comparative | more antipredestinarian |
|---|---|
| superlative | most antipredestinarian |
Origin of antipredestinarian
From anti- + predestinarian.
Questions about antipredestinarian
- What does antipredestinarian mean?
- Antipredestinarian means opposed to the doctrine of predestination.
- What part of speech is antipredestinarian?
- Antipredestinarian is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce antipredestinarian?
- Antipredestinarian is pronounced /ˌæntɪpɹiːdɛstɪˈnɛəɹɪən/ (UK).
Words near antipredestinarian in the dictionary
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