Supralapsarian

2 definitions found

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

  Supralapsarian \Su`pra*lap*sa"ri*an\, n. [Supra- + lapse: cf. F.
     supralapsaire.] (Eccl. Hist.)
     One of that class of Calvinists who believed that God's
     decree of election determined that man should fall, in order
     that the opportunity might be furnished of securing the
     redemption of a part of the race, the decree of salvation


     being conceived of as formed before or beyond, and not after
     or following, the lapse, or fall. Cf. {Infralapsarian}.
     [1913 Webster]

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

  Supralapsarian \Su`pra*lap*sa"ri*an\, a.
     Of or pertaining to the Supralapsarians, or their doctrine.
     [1913 Webster]