Arminian

/ ɑːˈmɪnɪən /

adjective

1. denoting, relating to, or believing in the Christian Protestant doctrines of Jacobus Arminius, published in 1610, which rejected absolute predestination and insisted that the sovereignty of God is compatible with free will in man. These doctrines deeply influenced Wesleyan and Methodist theology

noun

1. a follower of such doctrines

Derived Forms

• Arˈminianˌism, noun

Example Sentences

Ultimately, Friedman concludes, the new science of economics secularized Arminian ideas, foreshadowing a world in which the market and other secular institutions would take over from God the task of improving human prospects.

From New York Times

They proceeded to condemn the Arminian doctrines, and to banish all the preachers who upheld them.

From Project Gutenberg

Bramhall, a strong Arminian, had afterwards written down his views and sent them to Newcastle to be answered in this form by Hobbes.

From Project Gutenberg

Freewill Baptists, a sect of Baptists who are Arminian in doctrine, and practice open communion.

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It was not strictly a consequence of her Arminian belief, and at first sight might seem opposed to it,—yet it came from the spirit of love which clings to the bad logic of Arminianism.

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