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Nov 26, 2024
This week’s themeWords that sound dirty, but aren’t This week’s words autogamy nudifidian titman cocky pussivant Meme: Reddit
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with Anu Gargnudifidian
PRONUNCIATION:
MEANING:
noun: One who believes that faith alone is sufficient for salvation.
ETYMOLOGY:
From Latin nudus (bare) + fides (faith). Earliest documented use: 1616.
NOTES:
The term often emerges in theological discussions about “sola fide”
(faith alone), a cornerstone of certain Protestant doctrines during the
Reformation. Nudifidians believe that salvation is attained solely through
faith, without the need for good works, though they don’t necessarily reject
good works, but rather see them as a result of faith, not a prerequisite for
salvation.
USAGE:
“Yet a Christian must work -- for no nudifidian, as well as no
nullifidian, shall be admitted into heaven.” Thomas Adams; The Three Divine Sisters, Faith, Hope, and Charity; Robert Carter; 1847. A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
Oh for a lodge in some vast wilderness, / Some boundless contiguity of shade, / Where rumour of oppression and deceit, / Of unsuccessful or successful war, / Might never reach me more.
-William Cowper, poet (26 Nov 1731-1800)
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