Antinomianism
Heresies of the Church Thru the Ages [1]
(Greek: Anti , against; Nomos , law)
A term made familiar by the heresy of Antinomianism preached by Johannes Agricola as a deduction of Luther's teaching on justification by faith alone. If good works, argued Agricola, do not help to salvation so evil ones do not hinder it and therefore justified Christians are not bound to observe the law. The deduction is logical, but Luther repudiated it and preached earnestly against it. Though often acted upon by some extremists in Germany and England, it was never favored by any Protestant sect.
Holman Bible Dictionary [2]
Romans 3:8 Romans 6:1 6:15 Ephesians 2:8-9 Matthew 7:16-20 Ephesians 2:10 Colossians 1:10 James 2:14-26 Romans 6:12-22
Webster's Dictionary [3]
(n.) The tenets or practice of Antinomians.
Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament [4]
See Law.
The Nuttall Encyclopedia [5]
The doctrine that the law is superseded in some sense or other by the all-sufficing, all-emancipating free spirit of Christ.
