Arminian

British  

/ 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

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noun

1. a follower of such doctrines

Other Word Forms

• Arminianism noun

Example Sentences

Arminian theology made its most lasting mark in the United States.

From New York Times • Jan. 26, 2021

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 • Jan. 26, 2021

Suffice it to say that the reviewer’s whole ground of defence against the arguments of the sermon, on the question of predestination, is solely this Arminian explanation of the doctrine of predestination.

From Calvinistic Controversy Embracing a Sermon on Predestination and Election and Several Numbers, Formally Published in the Christian Advocate and Journal. by Fisk, Wilbur

My mother grieves, that one of her sons is an Arian, another an Arminian.

From Benjamin Franklin Representative selections, with introduction, bibliograpy, and notes by Jorgenson, Chester E.

Toplady was a confirmed Calvinist and was intolerant of Wesley’s Arminian views.

From The Story of Our Hymns by Ryden, Ernest Edwin