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predestination

[ pri-des-tuh-ney-shuhn, pree-des- ]

noun

  1. an act of predestinating or predestining.
  2. the state of being predestinated or predestined.
  3. fate; destiny.
  4. Theology.
    1. the action of God in foreordaining from eternity whatever comes to pass.
    2. the decree of God by which certain souls are foreordained to salvation. Compare election ( def 5 ), double predestination.


predestination

/ 辫谤颈藧藢诲蓻蝉迟瑟藞苍别瑟蕛蓹苍 /

noun

  1. theol
    1. the act of God foreordaining every event from eternity
    2. the doctrine or belief, esp associated with Calvin, that the final salvation of some of mankind is foreordained from eternity by God
  2. the act of predestining or the state of being predestined
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

predestination

  1. In theology , the doctrine that all events have been willed by God. John Calvin interpreted predestination to mean that God willed eternal damnation for some people and salvation (see also salvation ) for others.
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of predestination1

1300鈥50; Middle English predestinacioun < Late Latin 辫谤补别诲别蝉迟颈苍腻迟颈艒苍- (stem of 辫谤补别诲别蝉迟颈苍腻迟颈艒 ). See predestinate, -ion
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