Antinomianism is from the Greek [ anti] meaning opposed to, and [ nomos] meaning Law. In Theological terms it denotes those who oppose God's law. Theologians generally hold that there are two types of Antinomians. "Explicit" Antinomians are obvious reprobates who disregard the laws of God, and "implicit" Antinomians are professed Christians who falsely construe that they have New-Testament "liberty" from the law of God. That is to say, because they believe they are saved by Grace and not works, they surmise that it doesn't matter how they live in transgression of laws. [ back
The belief that once a believer is saved, they are not bound to follow moral laws. The belief that a saved believer can freely sin because he is forgiven of past and future transgressions.
literally, "anti-legalism" or lawlessness; in regard to the NT Pauline corpus, it is the belief (expressed, e.g., by some Corinthians) that "all things are lawful" to those who are in Christ, that is, that individual conscience (apart from social impact) need be the only guide for ethical behavior; also known as libertinism.
While this word literally refers to the belief that legal precepts are no longer applicable to a "saved" individual, it has come to be used in regards to any libertine doctrines in common parlance. Thus, the groups that are experiential rather than ascetic have been referred to as antinomian. There is reason to doubt that the "any thing goes" ideas that have been ascribed to Gnostics like Carpocrates and Corinthus are accurate.
The idea that the Elect are above the moral law (as in some versions of 'justification by faith not by works').
the theological doctrine that by faith and God's grace a Christian is freed from all laws (including the moral standards of the culture)
The belief that frees the Christian from the obligations of the moral law
a belief that there are no norms, that individual persons determine their own ethical stance; freedom from moral law.
The false view that the law has no place or role in the life of the Christian. This view has appeared from time to time in the history of the Christian Church. The Antinomian controversy in the Lutheran Church was settled by the fifth and sixth articles of the Formula of Concord.
From the Greek anti, "against," and nomos, "law," the term is given to teaching opposed to the binding character of moral law.
Literally, "anti-law." Theologically, it denotes those who oppose or dismiss God's law in the Bible. There are two classifications of antinomians. Explicit antinomians are the unconverted who display a flagrant disregard for the law of God (Rom. 1, 2). Implicit antinomians are professed Christians who hold that God's law is not relevant in the present era. They often substitute subjective, arbitrary standards like the so-called "leading of the Spirit" for God's written revelation.
nomos = law] A rejection of the requirements of God's law
Antinomianism was the view--heretical to Puritans--that those possessing saving grace were exempt from the rules of good behavior and from the laws of the community. Antinomians believed that salvation came through faith alone and that individuals who are saved need only obey the spirit within them rather than the moral law.
Antinomianism (from the Greek αντι, "against" + νομος, "law"), or lawlessness (in the Greek Bible: http://www.blueletterbible.org/cgi-bin/words.pl?word=458 ανομια), in theology, is the idea that members of a particular religious group are under no obligation to obey the laws of ethics or morality as presented by religious authorities. Antinomianism is the polar opposite of legalism, the notion that obedience to a code of religious law is necessary for salvation.