solifidian

From Latin sōlus (“only”) + fidēs (“faith”) + -ian

• IPA^(key): /ˌsoʊl.əˈfɪd.i.ən/, /sɑl-/, /sɒl-/

solifidian (plural solifidians)

1. A person who believes that faith alone (as opposed to good deeds) brings salvation.
   • 1671, Thomas Watson, The Beatitudes, page 204:

     Julian upbraided the Chriſtians that they were Solifidians; and the Church of Rome layes upon us this aſperſion, that we are againſt good works; indeed we plead not for the merit of them, but we are for the uſe of them.

• nullifidian

• solifidianism

• solifidian in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913