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Dec 14, 2009
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Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—A

Antinomian

[Greek, anti-nomos, exempt from the law.] 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.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
Antinous
Antimony
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