Definition of postlapsarian in English:
postlapsarian
adjectiveˌpəʊstlapˈsɛːrɪənˌpōstlapˈserēən
Theology literary Occurring or existing after the Fall of Man.
Example sentencesExamples
- They examine the creation of humanity: on the level of the prelapsarian situation, and on the level of postlapsarian conditions.
- That means an inferior and subordinate role, which has been ratified in the postlapsarian situation, particularly under the weight of the curse.
- Consequently, God provided his creature, the human being, with the capacities to survive in a postlapsarian situation, under the conditions of pain and tears, of hardship and death.
- Although the volume depicts a spiritual drought in the postlapsarian world that hinders its individuation, glimmers of the active imagination provide a vehicle for redemption.
- God thus wills what Michael calls a ‘happy end’ for postlapsarian man.
- This is art that interrogates the real, commenting on human enterprise in postlapsarian gardens where not only God can make a tree.
Origin
Mid 18th century: from post- 'occurring after'.