单词 | free will men |
释义 | > as lemmasfree will men free will men n. now historical those who defend the doctrine of free will against strong versions of the doctrine of predestination; esp. a group of 16th-cent. English dissenters characterized by their anti-predestinarian theology; cf. free-willer n.Less commonly with capital initial. ΚΠ 1548 R. Crowley Confut. N. Shaxton sig. Iviiiv Here begynne the freewyl men to..crye out vpon suche priuate exemples to proue Gods vniuersall predestination. 1577 W. Fulke Two Treat. against Papistes ii. i. Pref. 13 The free will men of our time. 1699 T. Edwards Paraselene dismantled of her Cloud 354/1 His was the very same Objection which the Pelagians and Free-will-men urged Augustine withal many years ago. 1777 J. Fletcher Reply to Calvinists & Fatalists iv. 70 It is as ridiculous..to suppose, that upon the scheme of free-will men, are independent Beings. 1855 Defender 9 June 365 This is practical necessarianism. Christianity, even by free-will men, is propagated on principles of necessity in the same way. 1976 16th Cent. Jrnl. 7 69 Holding gambling to be a sin, the Free-will men were shocked to see orthodox Protestants using it to pass the time. 2000 Jrnl. Brit. Stud. 39 21 A zealous minority, commonly referred to, both then and now, as the freewillers or freewill men, challenging the predestinarian views of Ridley. < as lemmas |
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