[im’-uh-nints]
(Latin immaneentia, “indwelling” or “to remain within”)
The theological understanding that God is close to or “within” the natural order, contributing to the world by his active presence. This activity is expressed through his providential control of the universe and through his relational involvement. The doctrine of immanence is to be contrasted but not separated from […]

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[in’-fruh-lap-sair‘-ee-uh-niz’-um]
(Latin infra, “after” + Latin lapsus, “fall” = “After the fall”)
Also, “sublapsarianism.”
A system of belief among certain Calvinists believing in a theoretical plan of God that occurred before creation concerning his decree to save mankind. In the “infra” scheme, God first decreed creation, second he decreed to allow the fall, third he decreed to elect […]

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