Infralapsarian

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Infralapsarian \In`fra*lap*sa"ri*an\, n. [Infra + lapse: cf. F.
     infralapsaire. See {Lapse}.] (Eccl. Hist.)
     One of that class of Calvinists who consider the decree of
     election as contemplating the apostasy as past and the elect
     as being at the time of election in a fallen and guilty
     state; -- opposed to {Supralapsarian}. The former considered


     the election of grace as a remedy for an existing evil; the
     latter regarded the fall as a part of God's original purpose
     in regard to men.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Infralapsarian \In`fra*lap*sa"ri*an\, a. (Theol.)
     Of or pertaining to the Infralapsarians, or to their
     doctrine.
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