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/ˌpɹiˌdɛstəˈneɪʃən/
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[ UK /pɹɪdˌɛstɪnˈeɪʃən/ ]
[ UK /pɹɪdˌɛstɪnˈeɪʃən/ ]
NOUN
- previous determination as if by destiny or fate
- (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
- In 1782 he published his History of the Corruptions of Christianity, in which he rejected the Trinity, predestination and the divine inspiration of the Bible.
- Some notice, on the other hand, must be devoted to providence and to the particular aspects of providence which we call predestination and reprobation; and with a brief treatment of these which are elsewhere fully treated this article will be concluded. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 6: Fathers of the Church-Gregory XI
- The document expressed some ambivalence over the doctrine of predestination.
- One who believes in the doctrine of predestination.
- Of or relating to the theology of Jacobus Arminius and his followers, who believed that predestination was conditioned by God's foreknowledge of human free choices.
- Gilead, Ames perceives Jack's questions at a gathering with the Boughtons about predestination as another of his familiar efforts at "bedevilment:" simply trying to cause problems, embarrassment or conflict between Ames and Old Boughton by toying with their differing theological commitments. The Daily Register
- I got the impression he was coming from a universalist background, but he could have been talking about predestination.
- Of course, Calvin defended an Augustinian doctrine of God's sovereignty and predestination when exegetical and polemical occasion required.
- My parents’ Big Plan is called predestination, and this is what they do in times of crises. Losing Faith
- Foreknowledge is not foreordination, predestination, or even predetermination (though these can be a result of foreknowledge).
