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Infralapsarian

Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Infralapsarian \In`fra*lap*sa"ri*an\, n. [Infra + lapse: cf. F.
   infralapsaire. See {Lapse}.] (Eccl. Hist.)
   One of that class of Calvinists who consider the decree of
   election as contemplating the apostasy as past and the elect
   as being at the time of election in a fallen and guilty
   state; -- opposed to {Supralapsarian}. The former considered
   the election of grace as a remedy for an existing evil; the
   latter regarded the fall as a part of God's original purpose
   in regard to men.

Infralapsarian \In`fra*lap*sa"ri*an\, a. (Theol.)
   Of or pertaining to the Infralapsarians, or to their
   doctrine.
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