supralapsarian

supralapsarian is a   Noun

Definition:

[1] 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.

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