Alphabet Filter:

a
b
c
d
e
f
g
h
i
j
k
l
m
n
o
p
q
r
s
t
u
v
w
x
y
z

Results

Definition of antinomianism:

The tenets or practice of Antinomians.
the theological doctrine that by faith and God's grace a Christian is freed from all laws ( including the moral standards of the culture)

Usage examples:

Emerson says that his wife kept him from antinomianism; but this is giving up the defence of his philosophy.

- "Christian Mysticism", William Ralph Inge.
But Wesley was observing with concern the spread of a practical antinomianism, which on every possible ground he hated and feared.

- "Fletcher of Madeley", Frederic W. Macdonald.
The examples of abnormal passion are two- that of the amorous homicide who would set on one perfect moment the seal of eternity, in Porphyria's Lover, and that of the other occupier of the mad- house cells, Johannes Agricola, whose passion of religion is pushed to the extreme of a mystical antinomianism.

- "Robert Browning", Edward Dowden.