Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Christianity A proponent of the doctrine of antinomianism.
- noun One who denies the fixed meaning or universal applicability of moral law.
- adjective Christianity Of or relating to the doctrine of antinomianism.
- adjective Opposed to or denying the fixed meaning or universal applicability of moral law.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Denying the obligatoriness of the moral law, as if emancipated from it by the gospel.
- Of or pertaining to the antinomians.
- noun In theology, one who maintains that Christians are freed from the moral law as set forth in the Old Testament by the new dispensation of grace as set forth in the gospel; an opponent of legalism in morals.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Of or pertaining to the Antinomians; opposed to the doctrine that the moral law is obligatory.
- noun (Eccl. Hist.) One who maintains that, under the gospel dispensation, the moral law is of no use or obligation, but that faith alone is necessary to salvation. The sect of Antinomians originated with John Agricola, in Germany, about the year 1535.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun One who embraces antinomianism (in Christianity: a religious movement which believes that only the spiritual 'law of Faith' (Romans 3:27) is essential for salvation; and which is 'against' all other practical 'laws' being taught as being essential for salvation; and refering to them as legalism).
- adjective Of or pertaining to antinomianism.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a follower of the doctrine of antinomianism
- adjective relating to or influenced by antinomianism
Etymologies
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Examples
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An antinomian is anyone who seeks, consciously or unconsciously, to disrupt or destroy the nomos.
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Mencius Moldbug reveals the truth about left and right — or, as he refers to them, pronomian and antinomian, meaning for or against the formal promises — property rights and contracts — already in place in a society:
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It should be noted that radical love is not about abolishing all rules or justifying an antinomian existence, sexual or otherwise.
Rev. Patrick S. Cheng, Ph.D.: Radical Love: Why Christianity Is A Queer Religion Ph.D. Rev. Patrick S. Cheng 2011
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It should be noted that radical love is not about abolishing all rules or justifying an antinomian existence, sexual or otherwise.
Rev. Patrick S. Cheng, Ph.D.: Radical Love: Why Christianity Is A Queer Religion Ph.D. Rev. Patrick S. Cheng 2011
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Where the pronomian simply wants to replace the management, reorganize the staff, and discard the inscrutable volumes of precedent that have absconded with the name of law, the antinomian wants to destroy power structures that he conceives as illegitimate.
The present state of affairs is unsatisfactory « Isegoria 2008
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Mencius Moldbug notes that the most common species of antinomian — his term for Leftist — is the simple anarchist:
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The history of the original Christian church of 135 C.E. was indisputably antinomian, and even viciously misojudaic (see Oxford historian James Parkes, The Conflict of the Church and the Synagogue).
Giving evidence to the Chilcot inquiry, Tony Blair said: “I... 2010
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The earliest (post-135 C.E.) true Christians were viciously antinomian (ANTI-Torah), claiming to supersede and displace Torah, Judaism and (spiritual) Israel and Jews.
The Problem With Publishing On The Historical Jesus James F. McGrath 2010
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In typical supersessionist and displacement Christian tradition, Christians thoughtlessly presume the prefix "Judeo -" to lay false claim to Judaism (Torah) by means of an impossible union of "Judeo -" (pro-Torah) with "Christian" (supersessionist and displacement antinomian = anti-Torah = misojudaism).
Giving evidence to the Chilcot inquiry, Tony Blair said: “I... 2010
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It is clear from Ms. Hasting's account that, despite his polished manners, he was a man profoundly antinomian in his beliefs and in certain aspects of his life.
whichbe commented on the word antinomian
One believing that belief in Christ frees someone from normal legal and moral obligations. This sounds handy.
May 16, 2008
jmjarmstrong commented on the word antinomian
JM wonders what it is that the antinomians among us get up to at this time of year.
December 22, 2010