Term

Antinomianism

The doctrine that grace frees a Christian from legalism and the requirement to observe moral law.

Filed underHistorical TheologySoteriology

Definition

The doctrine that by grace a Christian is freed from all forms of legalism or the need to observe any moral law.

Sources

  1. 1.Jerald C. Brauer and B. A. Gerrish, ed. The Westminster Dictionary of Church History. (Philadelphia: Westminster Press, 1971). 41Original citation: Brauer, Jerald C., and B. A. Gerrish, eds. The Westminster Dictionary of Church History. Philadelphia: Westminster Press, 1971, 41.

Last revised August 14, 2026