Relating to the theological belief that God's plan for salvation existed before Adam and Eve's fall from grace.
From anti- + lapsarian (from Latin lapsus, fallen). Antilapsarians believed predestination happened before 'the fall,' contrasting with supralapsarians who believed it came after.
This 16th-century theological debate sounds abstract, but it literally divided churches and nations over free will—if God knew about sin before it happened, can we blame humans for sinning?
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