SUPRALAPSARIAN
\sˌʌpɹɐlɐpsˈe͡əɹi͡ən], \sˌʌpɹɐlɐpsˈeəɹiən], \s_ˌʌ_p_ɹ_ɐ_l_ɐ_p_s_ˈeə_ɹ_iə_n]\
Definitions of SUPRALAPSARIAN
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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In theol. one who maintains that God, antecedent to the fall of man or any knowledge of it, decreed the apostasy and all its consequences, determining to save some and condemn others, and that in all he does he considers his own glory only.
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Of or pertaining to the Supralapsarians or to their doctrines.
By Daniel Lyons
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n. [Latin] One of that class of Calvinists who believe that God’s decree of election was made before the fall of man ; or that the apostasy of man was determined before his creation, in order to show the divine sovereignty in the election of grace.
