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predestination

[ US /ˌpɹiˌdɛstəˈneɪʃən/ ]
[ UK /pɹɪdˌɛstɪnˈe‍ɪʃən/ ]
NOUN
  1. previous determination as if by destiny or fate
  2. (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)

How To Use predestination In A Sentence

  • He also retained a belief in predestination and in an unfathomable Providence overseeing the affairs of the world.
  • For the second kind of Predestination places election, with regard to the end, before the fall; it also places before that event preterition, [or passing by,] which is the first part of reprobation. The Works of James Arminius, Vol. 1
  • Firstly, we analyse the relationship of the usage of Chenwei with opinions on legitimism, the mandate of heaven and the predestination.
  • And since predestination is comprised under foreknowledge, the gloss in the beginning of the Psalter assigns only two species to prophecy, namely of _foreknowledge, _ and of Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province
  • If mercy, the administratrix of predestination is revealed according to the The Works of James Arminius, Vol. 3
  • Predestination is a preparation in this second sense, in which an agent is said to prepare himself mentally for action when he preconceives the idea of doing something. Nature and Grace: Selections from the Summa Theologica of Thomas Aquinas
  • While predestination was central to Calvin's thinking, it was not primary.
  • Secondly, God foreknows certain things in themselves -- either as to be accomplished by Himself, and of such things is the prophecy of _predestination, _ since, according to Damascene (De Fide Orth. ii, 30), "God predestines things which are not in our power" -- or as to be accomplished through man's free-will, and of such is the prophecy of Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province
  • These churches professed a belief in predestination, a theological tenet that suggests the futility of the ambitious pursuit of wealth.
  • Thus, predestination is the logical conclusion of timeless omniscience. Augustine vs. Pelagius Part Three - The Nature of God and Evil | Heretical Ideas Magazine
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