conditionalistn.
/kənˈdɪʃənəlɪst/ One who holds or advocates some conditional principle; in 17th cent. one who held that the grace of God is dependent on conditions.
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conditionalist1678
1678 T. Jones Of Heart & Soveraign 584 Nor are the defenders of free grace..to reproach him streight for an Arminian, Pelagian, or our Conditionalists, or Moralists, for a Puritan.
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Conˈditionalist
Conˈditionalist n. one who holds such doctrine (also attributive).
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Conditionalist1895
1895 S. D. F. Salmond Christian Doctr. Immortality vi. ii. 622 The Conditionalist doctrine involves conceptions both of man's nature and of Christ's work which are inadequate and unreasonable.
1910 J. Hastings Encycl. Relig. III. 823/2 Spinoza..was a Conditionalist in the sense that his ‘immortality’ is not enjoyed by any but the wise man.
1910 J. Hastings Encycl. Relig. III. 824/1 The conditionalist position (forcibly stated by Locke in a passage already quoted).
1918 J. H. Leckie World to Come 223 This Conditionalist strain in early Christian thought attained to definite dogmatic expression in Arnobius.
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