Foreknowledge
101Ordo salutis — Ordo salutis, (Latin: order of salvation ) refers to the series of conceptual steps within the Christian doctrine of salvation. It has been defined as a technical term of Protestant dogmatics to designate the consecutive steps in the work of the… …
102Boethius, Anicius Manlius Severinus — (ca. 480–ca. 526) Boethius was a late Roman statesman, philosopher, and poet.He is best known for his CONSOLATION OF PHILOSOPHY, written while he languished in prison at Pavia awaiting his eventual execution under Theodoric the Ostrogoth. The… …
103Calvinism — Calvinism is the theological current derived from the works and writings of John Calvin (1509 64). Key documents are Calvin s Institutes of the Christian Religion (1536), the 16th and 17th century Reformed confessions of faith (such as the… …
104free will and predestination — The tension between human free will and God’s predestination is a thorny issue in the Islamic tradition. Although one can find prominent strains of fatalism in pre Islamic thought, concepts such as dahr or zaman (‘time’, which inexorably… …
105clairvoyance — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. second sight, foreknowledge; fortune telling, divination; insight. See intuition, prediction. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Psychic power] Syn. extrasensory perception, ESP, foreknowledge, precognition; see… …
106anticipation — I (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Expectation] Syn. expectancy, expectation, looking forward, outlook, trust, confident expectation, eager expectation, contemplation, promise, prospect, awaiting, joy, impatience, preoccupation, hope, high hopes. Ant. fear*,… …
107Foresight — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Foresight >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 foresight foresight prospicience prevision long sightedness Sgm: N 1 anticipation anticipation Sgm: N 1 providence providence &c.(preparation) 673 GRP: N 2 Sgm: N 2 …
108προγνώσεις — πρόγνωσις foreknowledge fem nom/voc pl (attic epic) πρόγνωσις foreknowledge fem nom/acc pl (attic) …
109Abelard /Abailard, Peter — (1079 1142) The leading, and most quarrelsome, philosopher and theologian of his time, Abelard was inclined to the nominalistic school of thought concerning universals: the view that universals are mere linguistic items that can be predicated… …
110Augustine of Hippo — (354 430) Aurelius Augustinus is usually known in English as Augustine of Hippo , since he was bishop of that place and, confusingly, shares his name with Augustine of Canterbury. He was the first major Christian philosopher and remains one of …
