/ · 1894 Brewer’s · A · Antinomian. [Greek, anti-nomos, exempt from the law.]
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One who believes that Christians are not bound to observe the “law of God,” but “may continue in sin that grace may abound.” The term was first applied to John Agricola by Martin Luther.
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.