antinomianism

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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.
Opposition to the Torah.

/æntiˈnoʊmi.ənɪzəm/ En-us-antinomianism.ogg

antinomianism antinomianisms

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

antinomism solifidianism w:sola fide

legalism nullifidianism

antinomian antinominalism antinomistic nomism nomistic

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