solifidian
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Etymology edit
From Latin sōlā fidē (“only by faith”) + -ian
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Noun edit
solifidian (plural solifidians)
- A person who believes that faith alone (as opposed to good deeds) brings salvation.
- Antonym: nullifidian
- 1671, Thomas Watson, The Beatitudes, page 204:
- Julian upbraided the Chriſtians that they were Solifidians; and the Church of Rome layes upon us this aſperſion, that we are againſt good works; indeed we plead not for the merit of them, but we are for the uſe of them.
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solifidian (not comparable)
References edit
- “solifidian”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.