Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Strict adherence to law, especially in the nomistic religions, that is, religions which possess codes for the regulation of the cult and of life.
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- noun theology The following of religious
laws orcommandments as the chief aspect ofreligiousness .
Etymologies
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Examples
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'Law' is in no adequate sense what the Jews themselves understood by the nomism of their religion.
Judaism Israel Abrahams 1891
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For example, as editor Scott Clark says in CJPM, covenant nomism and federal theology cannot both be correct.
Heidelblog 2009
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Second, and more importantly, Sanders [and the NPP] has erected the structure of covenantal nomism as [their] alternative to merit theology …. covenantal nomism as a category is not really an alternative to merit theology, and therefore it is no real response to it.
WordPress.com News 2009
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Second, and more importantly, Sanders [and the NPP] has erected the structure of covenantal nomism as [their] alternative to merit theology …. covenantal nomism as a category is not really an alternative to merit theology, and therefore it is no real response to it.
WordPress.com News 2009
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As far as covenantal nomism is concerned, 'getting in' focuses on the community as the recipient of God's grace and promises, whereas Philo is interested in the individual's search for God.
WordPress.com News 2009
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By putting over against merit theology not grace but covenantal nomism, Sanders [and the NPP] has managed to have a structure that preserves grace in the 'getting in' while preserving works (and frequently some form or other of merit theology) in the 'staying in.'
WordPress.com News 2009
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As far as covenantal nomism is concerned, 'getting in' focuses on the community as the recipient of God's grace and promises, whereas Philo is interested in the individual's search for God.
WordPress.com News 2009
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By putting over against merit theology not grace but covenantal nomism, Sanders [and the NPP] has managed to have a structure that preserves grace in the 'getting in' while preserving works (and frequently some form or other of merit theology) in the 'staying in.'
WordPress.com News 2009
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"that the category of covenantal nomism is simply unsatisfactory for this literature."
WordPress.com News 2009
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"covenantal nomism", Sanders, in 1977, gave it this label and it is, simply put:
WordPress.com News 2009
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