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Definition of Erastianism
1. Noun. The doctrine that the state is supreme over the church in ecclesiastical matters.
Definition of Erastianism
1. n. The principles of the Erastains.
Definition of Erastianism
1. Proper noun. The principles of the Erastians. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Erastianism
Literary usage of Erastianism
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The theology and theologians of Scotland, chiefly of the seventeenth and by James Walker (1872)
"LECTURE V. THE HEADSHIP OF CHRIST AND Erastianism. ... Certainly Erastianism is
neither necessarily nor naturally a Protestant thing, and does not either ..."
2. A History of the English Church During the Civil Wars and Under the by William Arthur Shaw (1900)
"But essentially modified by the Erastianism of the Long Parliament. The Assembly
of Divines commences the debate of ecclesiastical jurisdiction • and ..."
3. The Cambridge Modern History by John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton Acton, Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero, Ernest Alfred Benians (1904)
"To many a Scot prelacy will always suggest another word of evil sound : to wit,
Erastianism. The link is Anglican. The name of the professor of medicine at ..."
4. Studies in English Religion in the Seventeenth Century: St. Margaret's by Hensley Henson (1903)
"The Test Act. I Erastianism stands in common usage for so many different, and
not always very obviously connected opinions that it may, perhaps, ..."