Matthew Nunez 1B
Antinomianism is the belief that Christians are not bound by the laws, morals, and ethics taught by the religious authorities. There are three principles of Antinomianism:
1. Devine Eminence; God is present in all of mankind, regardless of race or religion.
2. When Jesus died, all of mankind’s sins were forgiven.
3. The Ten Commandments no longer apply. People are free from laws.
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Jessica Kellogg Discussion 1H
The poem "Mont Blanc" by Percy Bysshe Shelley is an example of antinomianism. The poem concentrates on the release of man's imaginative and creative powers.
"If to the human mind's imaginings / Silence and solitude were vacancy?" (ll. 143-144).
God's creation, human beings, are not bound by laws and religious creeds. In addition, "Mont Blanc" emphasizes that man is not bound by their imagination either. Inspiration and hope fills in the silent void that life presents. Visual representations of God's presence is apparent in the natural environment. What man does not know cannot be answered through a religious creed, instead one must seek out answers in life itself utilizing imagination which provide a meaning to how things are represented.
Zenas Lee
Blake is also an antinomian thinker. He frequently shows his beliefs throughout his Songs of Innocence/Experience. In his "The Divine Image," Blake connects God and Man and attests that God resides in everyone:
"All must love the human form,/In heathen, Turk, or Jew./Where Mercy, Love, & Pity dwell,/There God is dwelling too"
Blake earlier provides the parity of God and Man, through the abstracts of Mercy, Pity, Peace, and Love, but here he makes it obvious what he is trying to get at. He goes as far as to advocating "love" of people of other religions, something the Church would be appalled at. Because God created all of mankind, they are all equal, and God exists in everyone, and thus Blake asserts that none should be discounted.
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