Terminism is the Christian doctrine that there is a time limit for repentance from sin, after which God no longer wills the conversion and salvation of that person. This limit is asserted to be known to God alone, making conversion urgent. Among pietists such as Quakers, terminism permitted the co-existence, over the span of a human life, of human...
doctrine that there is a time limit for repentance
• (n.) The doctrine held by the Terminists.
Ter'mi·nism noun The doctrine held by the Terminists.