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antinomianism

an·ti·no·mianism

US/æntiˈnoʊmi.ənɪzəm/ uncommon

noun

1.

the theological doctrine that by faith and God''s grace a Christian is freed from all laws (including the moral standards of the culture)

Origin

From antinomian + -ism, coined by Martin Luther, notably used in his Against the Antinomians (1539).

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