Antinomianism

Antinomianism

The belief that moral laws are relative in meaning and application as opposed to fixed or universal.

The antinomians rejected the very notion of obedience as legalistic; to them the good life flowed from the inner working of the Holy Spirit.

Antinomianism

the conviction that moral laws are neither set or universal, but rather, relative in their interpretation and application.

Since they believed that the good life came directly from the inner workings of the Holy Spirit, the antinomians rejected the very idea of obedience as being legalistic.


Antinomianism, often known as lawlessness (from the Greek:, "against" + o, "law"), is the theological notion that adherents of a specific religious organisation are not required to abide by the rules of ethics or morality as prescribed by religious authority. Legalism, which holds that following a set of religious rules in order to be saved, is the antithesis of antinomianism. Few groups or sects expressly identify as "antinomian," however some sects frequently use the term as a disparaging slur against rival cults.

Because it covers the interconnected concerns of power, authority, law, and freedom, antinomianism is a very complicated subject.

Antinomianism's central tenet is the notion of human perfection, or the state of being indwelt by the divine, in which anything one wills is good since it is motivated by the Holy Spirit inside.

"Political quietism" is the peaceful acceptance of things as they are without making any attempts to oppose or change them.

In modern analytic philosophy, quietism is the viewpoint or position that involves refraining from engaging in substantial philosophical theorising and is frequently linked to particular varieties of scepticism, pragmatism, and minimalism towards truth.