infralapsarian
/ˌɪn.fɹəˌlæpˈsɛəɹi.ən/
infralapsarian means A Calvinist who holds that election is a logical consequent of the Fall of man in the original divine plan. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.
infralapsarian is pronounced /ˌɪn.fɹəˌlæpˈsɛəɹi.ən/.
Why “infralapsarian” is a great word
INFRALAPSARIAN — [Noun] A Calvinist who believes God's decree of election logically followed, rather than preceded, the decree to permit the Fall of humanity. From the Latin prefix infra- ("below, after") + lapsus ("a fall, lapse") + the English suffix -arian ("one who believes or advocates"). First attested 1725–35. Unlike the supralapsarian, who envisions a sovereign decree of election and damnation before the creation and fall of humanity, or the sublapsarian, a term of overlapping but often murkier distinction, the infralapsarian insists on a divine chronology that contemplates a fallen race before selecting from it. This is a theology of a God working in the wake of ruin: viewing a world already shadowed by Adam’s sin, sifting a people from the dust of a broken vase, and calling a flock from a field already choked with thorns—a doctrine of grace applied to a catastrophe already in progress, finding divine purpose in the sober management of a foreknown tragedy.
Etymology
From infra- + lapsus + -arian.
noun
- A Calvinist who holds that election is a logical consequent of the Fall of man in the original divine plan.