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Definitions of free will
Definition that contains free will
  • voluntarily out of your own free will
  • voluntary of your own free will or design; done by choice; not forced or compelled
  • libertarian someone who believes the doctrine of free will
  • determinism (philosophy) a philosophical theory holding that all events are inevitable consequences of antecedent sufficient causes; often understood as denying the possibility of free will
  • necessitarian someone who does not believe the doctrine of free will
  • pelagius a British or Irish monk who denied the doctrines of original sin and predestination and defended human goodness and free will; his views were declared heretical by the Council of Ephesus in 431 (circa 360-418)
  • arminianism 17th century theology (named after its founder Jacobus Arminius) that opposes the absolute predestinarianism of John Calvin and holds that human free will is compatible with God's sovereignty
  • actual sin a sin committed of your own free will (as contrasted with original sin)
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