Definitions for Erastian

Erastian E·ras·tian

Spelling: [ih-ras-chuh n, -tee-uh n]
IPA: /ɪˈræs tʃən, -ti ən/

Erastian is a 8 letter English word.

You can make 473 anagrams from letters in Erastian (aaeinrst).

Definitions for Erastian

noun

  1. an advocate of Erastianism.

adjective

  1. of or relating to Thomas Erastus or Erastianism.

Origin of Erastian

First recorded in 1645-55; Erast(us) + -ian

Examples for Erastian

But what do they mean by the civil establishment of an Erastian Church!

There were priests and there were prophets, but the State was decidedly "Erastian."

On the other hand, it gave much annoyance to Richelieu, now the all-powerful and extremely Erastian prime minister.

His ecclesiastical position was Erastian and latitudinarian, and his practical aim in Church politics comprehension.

As a churchman he was a decided Erastian, and strongly opposed to the High Church party.

He hated ex animo all those aspects of Anglicanism which best recommend it to Erastian minds.

They took no miserably low and Erastian views of the sacred ministry, as if it were an office of mere human order and appointment.

The great Selden was an Erastian; a distinction extremely obscure.

He was still lost amidst the darkness and loneliness, the chaotic ends and mean shifts, of an Erastian world.

In politics he was a Whig, in his Church views an Erastian; and in the defence of his principles he was honest and courageous.

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