ARMINIANISM
Dictionary entry overview: What does Arminianism mean? • ARMINIANISM (noun)
The noun ARMINIANISM has 1 sense:
1. 17th century theology (named after its founder Jacobus Arminius) that opposes the absolute predestinarianism of John Calvin and holds that human free will is compatible with God's sovereignty
Familiarity information: ARMINIANISM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• ARMINIANISM (noun)
Meaning:
17th century theology (named after its founder Jacobus Arminius) that opposes the absolute predestinarianism of John Calvin and holds that human free will is compatible with God's sovereignty
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("Arminianism" is a kind of...):
Protestantism (the theological system of any of the churches of western Christendom that separated from the Roman Catholic Church during the Reformation)
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