denoting, relating to, or believing in the Christian Protestant doctrines of Jacobus Arminius, published in 1610, which rejected absolute predestination and insisted that the sovereignty of God is compatible with free will in humans. These doctrines deeply influenced Wesleyan and Methodist theology
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Ar•min•i•an•ism
(är min′ē ə niz′əm),USA pronunciation n. [Theol.]
Ar•min′i•an, adj., n.
- the doctrinal teachings of Jacobus Arminius or his followers, esp. the doctrine that Christ died for all people and not only for the elect. Cf. Calvinism (def. 1).
- J. Armini(us) + -an + -ism 1610–20
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