personal opinion (esp. in religious matters), as opposed to the acceptance of a statement or doctrine on authority or on the basis of public opinion.

The views or practices of libertines (libertine, n. 2a); free-thinking in religion; antinomianism. Now historical.

Free-thinking in religion; antinomianism; = libertinism, n. 1.

Free-thinking in religious matters; = libertinism, n. 1. Now historical.

Independence of thought; spec. the free exercise of reason in matters of religious belief, unconstrained by deference to authority; the adoption of…

= free-thinking, n. Also attributive.

Chiefly U.S. The holding of liberal views in theology. See liberal, adj. 4b.