Ar*min"i*an (?; 277), a. Of or
pertaining to Arminius of his followers, or to their doctrines. See note
under Arminian, n.
Ar*min"i*an, n. (Eccl. Hist.) One
who holds the tenets of Arminius, a Dutch divine (b. 1560, d.
1609).
The Arminian doctrines are: 1. Conditional election and reprobation, in
opposition to absolute predestination. 2. Universal redemption, or that the
atonement was made by Christ for all mankind, though none but believers can
be partakers of the benefit. 3. That man, in order to exercise true faith,
must be regenerated and renewed by the operation of the Holy Spirit, which
is the gift of God. 4. That man may resist divine grace. 5. That man may
relapse from a state of grace.
