Arminian Baptist

9.3

A member of a Baptist church that teaches people can choose to be saved

noun
/ˌɑrˈmɪniən ˈbaptɪst/

: bautista arminiano

The Arminian Baptist tradition emphasizes free will in the matter of salvation.

Examples

Many Arminian Baptists oppose strict Calvinist doctrine such as predestination.
An Arminian Baptist believes in free will.
He joined an Arminian Baptist church because of its focus on individual choice.
Many Arminian Baptists reject predestination.
He joined an Arminian Baptist church because of its focus on individual choice.
Many Arminian Baptists oppose strict Calvinist doctrine such as predestination.
The Arminian Baptist tradition emphasizes free will in the matter of salvation.

Synonyms

Arminian

vsArminian Baptist

1 9.9

A Christian who believes people can choose whether to be saved

refers specifically to members of certain congregations rejecting strict predestination

General Baptist

vsArminian Baptist

7.3

A person in a Baptist church who believes people have free will and Jesus died for everyone

is the same in meaning but is a specific historical denominational name

Surface Forms

Arminian Baptist singular

Arminian Baptists plural

Morphology

Arminian + Baptists

The term is a straightforward adjective+noun combination: a 'Baptist' modified by 'Arminian' indicates a Baptist who follows Arminian teaching. A B1 learner who knows the definitions of both constituents can derive that it denotes a subgroup of Baptists with that theological stance, a compositional pattern common across languages.

Etymology

Arminian Baptist comes from Arminian, named after Jacobus Arminius, a church teacher who said people have 'free choice' about faith, and Baptist, a Christian group that baptizes believers by dipping them fully in water. So an Arminian Baptist is a Baptist who follows Arminius's idea that people can choose to be saved, not the belief that God 'decided everything beforehand'.