1) Being determined in advance 2) Destiny 3) Fate 4) French word used in English
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1) Foreordination 2) Predetermination 3) Preordination
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Predestination, in theology, is the doctrine that all events have been willed by God. Explanations of predestination often seek to address the so-called `paradox of free will`, whereby God`s omniscience seems incompatible with human free will. In this usage, predestination can be regarded as a form of religious determinism; and usually predeter......
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[Calvinism] The doctrine of predestination in Calvinism deals with the question of the control God exercises over the world. In the words of the Westminster Confession of Faith, God `freely and unchangeably ordained whatsoever comes to pass.` The second use of the word `predestination` applies this to the salvation, and refers to the belief...
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• (n.) The act of predestinating. • (n.) The purpose of Good from eternity respecting all events; especially, the preordination of men to everlasting happiness or misery. See Calvinism.
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in Christianity, the doctrine that God has eternally chosen those whom he intends to save. In modern usage, predestination is distinct from both ... [20 related articles]
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In Christian theology, the doctrine asserting that God has determined all events beforehand, including the ultimate salvation or damnation of the individual human soul. Today Christianity in general...
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Pre·des`ti·na'tion noun [ Latin
praedestinatio : confer French
prédestination .]
1. The act of predestinating. «
Predestination had overruled their will.»
Milton. 2. (Theol.) The purpose of Good from eternity respecting all events; e...
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The belief that every human being, before birth, was predestined by God to either heaven or hell. This is found in Calvinist theology, also known as Reformed theology (Prothero 2008
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n] - previous determination as if by destiny or fate 2. [n] - (theology) being determined in advance
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belief that from the beginning of time, God has chosen some for eternal life in heaven, others for eternal damnation in hell. Virtually all Christian theologians accepted predestination in some form or other, but the doctrine is particularly associated with Calvin and his followers, who believed that men and women played no co-operating role in the...
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foreordination noun (theology) being determined in advance; especially the doctrine (usually associated with Calvin) that God has foreordained every event throughout eternity (including the final salvation of mankind)
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The doctrine that all events of man's life, even one's eternal destiny, are determined beforehand by Deity. Sometimes this destiny is thought of in terms of an encompassing Fate or Luck (Roman and Greek), sometimes as the cyclic routine of the wheel of Fortune (Indian), sometimes as due to special gods or goddesses (Clotho, Lachesis and Atropos in....
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In Christian theology, the doctrine asserting that God has determined all events beforehand, including the ultimate salvation or damnation of the individual human soul. Today Christianity in general accepts that humanity has free will, though some forms, such as Calvinism, believe that salvation can only be attained by the gift of God. The concept ...
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an act of predestinating or predestining. · the state of being predestinated or predestined. · fate; destiny. · · the action of God in foreordaining from eternity whatever comes to pass. · the decree of God by which certain souls are foreordained to salvation. Cf.election(def. 4),double predestination.
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