Antilegalism

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A belief that salvation is attained or maintained not just by adherence to the requirements of moral law, but also by worship, faith, or grace.

    "Near-synonym: nonlegalism"

  2. 2
    An opposition to slavishly following the law, especially the letter of the law versus the spirit of the law; sometimes also an attitude that questions the legitimacy of the legal system and the judicial infrastructure.

    "Near-synonym: nonlegalism"

Synonyms

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nonlegalismantinomianismantinomismsolifidianism

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"In this coinage of the great apostle extremes meet; legalism and antilegalism; legalism in so far as it implies that God, as the Judaists contended demanded righteousness from all, antilegalism in so fare as it implies that the righteousness which God demands he at the same time bestows."

Etymology

From anti- + legalism.

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