antinomian

[ an-ti-noh-mee-uh n ]

/ ˌæn tɪˈnoʊ mi ən /

a person who maintains that Christians are freed from the moral law by virtue of grace as set forth in the gospel.

Origin of antinomian

1635–45; < Medieval Latin Antinom(ī) name of sect (plural of Antinomus opponent of (the moral) law < Greek antí anti- + nómos law) + -ian

an·ti·no·mi·an·ism, noun

St. James contends against the earliest phases of Antinomianism.

The Expositor's Bible: The Epistle to the Hebrews |Thomas Charles Edwards
When taken together, they furnish a triumphant answer to the legalism and antinomianism of the human heart.

Notes on the Book of Genesis |Charles Henry Mackintosh
They vindicate Paul's gospel from the charge of antinomianism, while they guard Christians from giving occasion to the charge.

The Expositor's Bible: The Epistle to the Galatians |G. G. Findlay
By a few inflammable minds liberty was carried into antinomianism, and produced the wildest excesses of life and doctrine.

The Holy Roman Empire |James Bryce

Antinomianism is as old as St. Paul's doctrine—so very much misunderstood—of justification.

The Expositor's Bible: The Acts of the Apostles, Vol. 2 |G. T. Stokes

antinomian

/ (ˌæntɪˈnəʊmɪən) /

relating to the doctrine that by faith and the dispensation of grace a Christian is released from the obligation of adhering to any moral law

a member of a Christian sect holding such a doctrine

antinomianism, noun