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Webster 1913 Edition

Arminian

Ar-min′i-an

(?; 277)
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Adj.
Of or pertaining to Arminius of his followers, or to their doctrines. See note under
Arminian
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Noun.

Ar-min′i-an

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Noun.
(Eccl. Hist.)
One who holds the tenets of Arminius, a Dutch divine (b. 1560, d. 1609).
The Arminian doctrines are: 1. Conditional election and reprobation, in opposition to absolute predestination. 2. Universal redemption, or that the atonement was made by Christ for all mankind, though none but believers can be partakers of the benefit. 3. That man, in order to exercise true faith, must be regenerated and renewed by the operation of the Holy Spirit, which is the gift of God. 4. That man may resist divine grace. 5. That man may relapse from a state of grace.

Webster 1828 Edition

Arminian

ARMIN'IAN

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Adj.
Pertaining to Arminius, or designating his principles.

ARMIN'IAN

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Noun.
One of a sect or party of Christians, so called from Arminius or Harmansen, of Holland, who flourished at the close of the 16th century, and beginning of the 17th. The Arminian doctrines are,
1.
conditional election and reprobation, in opposition to absolute predestination.
2.
Universal redemption, or that the atonement was made by Christ for all mankind, though none but believers can be partakers of the benefit.
3.
That man,in order to exercise true faith, must be regenerated and renewed by the operation of the Holy Spirit, which is the gift of God; but that this grace is not irresistible and may be lost; so that men may relapse from a state of grace and die in their sins.

Definition 2024

Arminian

Arminian

See also: Armenian

English

Noun

Arminian ‎(plural Arminians)

  1. (Christianity) A person who follows the religious philosophy founded by the Dutch theologian Jacobus Arminius.

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Arminian ‎(comparative more Arminian, superlative most Arminian)

  1. (Christianity) Of or relating to the religious philosophy founded by the Dutch theologian Jacobus Arminius

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