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Hopkinsian, a. and n.|hɒpˈkɪnzɪən|
[f. the name of the New England theologian Samuel Hopkins (1721–1803): see -ian.]
A. adj. Belonging to or adhering to the theological system of Samuel Hopkins, a modification of Calvinism.
B. n. An adherent of this system. Hence Hopˈkinsianism, the theological system of Samuel Hopkins.
1850Whittier Pr. Wks. (1889) II. 132 Hopkinsianism..held..that guilt could not be hereditary. 1860J. Gardner Faiths World II. 64/1 Some Christians..called from their leader Hopkinsians, though they prefer to be called Hopkinsian Calvinists. Ibid. 65/1 The Hopkinsian controversy is but little known in Britain. 1886Encycl. Amer. III. 339 The founder of ‘Hopkinsian divinity’. |