HOPKINSIANISM
\hˈɒpkɪnnˌɪzəm], \hˈɒpkɪnnˌɪzəm], \h_ˈɒ_p_k_ɪ_n_n_ˌɪ_z_ə_m]\
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Uhe doctrine advocated by Samuel Hopkins, minister at Newport from 1770, as an addition to Calvinism, that holiness consisted in pure, disinterested benevolence, and that all self-seeking was necessarily sinful. It exerted a liberalizing influence on the theology of the day.
By John Franklin Jameson
Word of the day
tinctura quininae ammoniata
- A preparation made by dissolving quinin sulphate in alcohol [Br. Ph.].