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  • 11predestined — prɪː destɪnd adj. decreed in advance, preordained (by a higher power); decided in advance, predetermined, predestinated ,pre des·tine || ‚prɪː destɪn v. decree, preordain (by a higher power); decide in advance, predetermine, predestinate …

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  • 12predestined — UK [priːˈdestɪnd] / US [prɪˈdestɪnd] adjective certain to happen because God or another force has decided that it will …

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  • 13Predestination — • Those divine decrees which have reference to the supernatural end of rational beings, especially of man Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Predestination     Predestination …

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  • 14Predestination — Predestination, in theology is the doctrine that all events have been willed by God. John Calvin interpreted biblical predestination to mean that God willed eternal damnation for some people and salvation for others.[1] Explanations of… …

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  • 15Predestinarianism — • A heresy which reduces the eternal salvation of the elect as well as the eternal damnation of the reprobate to one cause alone, namely to the sovereign will of God, and thereby excludes the free co operation of man as a secondary factor in… …

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  • 16predestination — /pri des teuh nay sheuhn, pree des /, n. 1. an act of predestinating or predestining. 2. the state of being predestinated or predestined. 3. fate; destiny. 4. Theol. a. the action of God in foreordaining from eternity whatever comes to pass. b.… …

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  • 17Teaching of St. Augustine of Hippo —     Teaching of St. Augustine of Hippo     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Teaching of St. Augustine of Hippo     St. Augustine of Hippo (354 430) is a philosophical and theological genius of the first order, dominating, like a pyramid, antiquity and… …

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  • 18foreordained — adjective established or prearranged unalterably his place in history was foreordained a sense of predestinate inevitability about it it seemed predestined since the beginning of the world • Syn: ↑predestinate, ↑predestined • Similar to: ↑ …

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  • 19John Wycliffe — John Wickliffe redirects here. For the ship, see John Wickliffe (ship). John Wycliffe Full name John Wycliffe Born c. 1328 Ipreswell, England Died 31 December 1384 …

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  • 20Predestination (Calvinism) — The Calvinistic doctrine of predestination is a doctrine of Calvinism which deals with the question of the control God exercises over the world. In the words of the Westminster Confession of Faith, God freely and unchangeably ordained whatsoever… …

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