preparationismn.
/ˌprɛpəˈreɪʃn̩ɪz(ə)m/, U.S. /ˌprɛpəˈreɪʃəˌnɪz(ə)m/ Chiefly North American History.
The belief held by some Puritans that individuals could and should actively prepare themselves for salvation by means of a period of humbling submission to God's law.
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1974 Church Hist. 43 117 This split..is prefigured..in the discussions of preparationism.
1988 Jrnl. Brit. Stud. 27 101 Cotton..was deeply involved in Kendall's experimental predestinarian tradition and the covenant-based preparationism that came out of it.
2004 D. Como Blown by Spirit 119 This doctrine would later become more formalized into a system that has been called ‘preparationism’ by modern historians.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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