solifidian

[ sol-uh-fid-ee-uhn ]

noun

, Theology.

1. a person who maintains that faith alone, without the performance of good works, is all that is necessary for salvation.

solifidian

/ ˌsɒlɪˈfɪdɪən /

noun

1. Christianity a person who maintains that man is justified by faith alone

Derived Forms

• ˌsoliˈfidianˌism, noun

Other Words From

• soli·fidi·an·ism noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of solifidian¹

1590–1600; soli- ¹ + Latin fid ( ēs ) faith, belief, trust + -ian

Word History and Origins

Origin of solifidian¹

C16: from New Latin sōlifidius, from Latin sōlus sole + fides faith

Example Sentences

Solifidian, sol-i-fid′i-an, n. one who holds that faith alone is what is necessary for justification.—adj. holding this view.—n.

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No Solifidian can believe the particular Narrations of their Barbarism, and Cruelty in those Countreys.

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How deeply the solifidian doctrine had penetrated into the very bosom of the church was revealed by the storminess of the debate.

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To Donne's exposition the heroic Solifidian, Martin Luther himself, would have subscribed, hand and heart.

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In the third place march their adventures; the Roundheads' legends, the rebels' romance; stories of a larger size than the ears of their sect, able to strangle the belief of a Solifidian.

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