Antinomism

The term antinomism ( Greek  ἀντί anti 'against', νόμος nomos 'law'; analogous to "incompatibility of laws") stands in philosophy for a fundamental, anarchistic opposition to law and legality or the contradiction between two principles or laws that are let justify equally well, but exclude each other. The problem of the antinomy was dealt with by the Sophists , Plato , Immanuel Kant, and by modern logic.

In theology , antinomialism denotes a doctrine that denies the bond with the Old Testament law (especially the Mosaic moral law ) and emphasizes human freedom of belief and divine grace.

In general, antinomism can also be described as a deliberate violation of a social taboo .

See also

• Antinomy , special kind of logical contradiction
• Antinomists , Gnostic Christian group
• Antinomic dispute , Reformation conflict between Gnesiolutherans and Philippists