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Supralapsarian [\N] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. SUPRALAPSA'RIAN

2. SUPRALAP'SARY, adjective [Latin supra and lapsus, fall.]

Supralapsarian [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

One who maintains that God, antecedent to the fall of man or any knowledge of it, decreed the apostasy and all its consequences, determining to save some and condemn others, and that in all he does he considers his own glory only.

Supralapsarian [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Of or pertaining to the Supralapsarians, or their doctrine.

Supralapsarian [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

One of that class of Calvinists who believed that God's decree of election determined that man should fall, in order that the opportunity might be furnished of securing the redemption of a part of the race, the decree of salvation being conceived of as formed before or beyond, and not after or following, the lapse, or fall. Cf. Infralapsarian.

Supralapsarianism [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

The doctrine, belief, or principles of the Supralapsarians.