predestination Definition
pre·des·ti·na·tion (prē des′tə nā′s̸hən)
noun
- Theol. the doctrine that
- God foreordained everything that would happen
- God predestines certain souls to salvation and, esp. in Calvinism, others to damnation
- a predestinating or being predestinated; destiny; fate
Etymology: ME predestinacioun < LL(Ec) praedestinatio
predestination Synonyms
predestination
n.
predestination Usage Examples
Converse of object
- teach: Augustine had taught only the predestination of the elect which he understood in terms of God's positive choice to redeem.
- preach: I had an opportunity to moderate the spirits of some who were greatly exasperated against Howel Harris, for preaching predestination among them.
- mention: Article 10 does not mention Predestination overtly but obviously Article 17 does!
- concern: Sermons six through nine contain little or nothing that explicitly concerns predestination, treating as they do of the trial of Isaac in Gerar.
- say: To say Predestination is thus not only to say God; it is also to say Theodicy.
- call: They would hold that salvation comes from Gods choice of us, before time, and enacted out by Gods decree called Predestination.
Adjective modifier
- absolute: Yet our Lord owned me here also, and the hammer of his word broke the rock of absolute predestination in pieces.
- double: Whilst many admit the ' asymmetry ' of double predestination, I do not think that this is anywhere near enough.
- divine: Finally he says that a Christian is a divine product by divine power for a divine purpose through divine predestination.
Modifies a noun
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