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supralapsarianism
su•pra•lap•sar•i•an•ism (ˌsu prə læpˈsɛər i əˌnɪz əm) n. the doctrine that the election of souls to be saved was decreed by God before the Creation and the Fall (opposed to infralapsarianism). [1765–75; supra- + Latin lāps(us) a fall (see lapse) + -arian + -ism] su`pra•lap•sar′i•an, n., adj. supralapsarianismthe theological doctrine asserting that God’s plan for the salvation of man decreed election before the fall of man and permitted the fall as an instrumentality for fulfilling the divine purposes. Cf. infralapsarianism. — supralapsarian, n., adj.See also: Christianity |