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Antinomians of all stripes and shades contend that their opposition to the law is due to their defense of salvation by grace alone. The gospel of grace, they argue, does away with the law. Against those who defend the role of the law as the divine rule of the life of New Testament Christians, the
The term antinomian is derived from the Greek preposition anti, meaning "against," and the Greek noun nomos, meaning "law." Literally, therefore, the term denotes those that are opposed to the law. What then do the antinomians really teach? There appear to have been some antinomians in the very ea
In response to the antinomian struggle, Philip sought for human freedom and responsibility, only to swing to the extreme of synergism.28 It is obvious that in keeping with his synergism, Philip veered towards Nomism in his attempt to steer the middle course between Nomism (Bona opera necessaria esse
Protestant Reformed Theological Journal These are but a few of the many works available from that era that address the issue of Antinomianism. The fact that all these men, some of whom served on the Westminster Assembly, should write concerning the Antinomians indicates that these authors consid- er