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supralapsarian

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supralapsarian [ˌsuːprəlæpˈsɛərɪən ˌsjuː-]
n
(Christian Religious Writings / Theology) Christian theol, chiefly Calvinist a person who believes that God decreed the election or nonelection of individuals to salvation even before the Fall Compare infralapsarian
[from New Latin suprālapsārius, from Latin supra- + lapsus a fall]
supralapsarianism  n


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He did not want a visible church to hold doctrines on original sin or on Calvin's supralapsarian predestination because they make a tyrant of God.
 
 
 
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