Questions tagged [predestination]
The doctrine that all events have been willed by God
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What is an overview of the different predestination beliefs?
I once saw a listing of around 20 different views of predestination on a site. I can't find it any more. I know my own view is a bit unorthodox, but it works cleanly with the biblical text.
What is ...
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Was Saint Augustine a Calvinist on divine foreknowledge?
It is my understanding that Calvinism conflates God's passive will with His active will—i.e., the fact that He knows something will occur due to His divine foreknowledge and allows said thing to occur ...
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What does St. Augustine allude to when he writes in 'Confessions'?
In Book 1 of St. Augustine's 'Confessions', we read "Tell me, O God, I beg you; in your mercy tell me, pitiable creature that I am, did my infancy come after some other period of my existence which is ...
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Calvinist Disagreement with Valentinian Gnosticism on Predestination
For the record, I do not believe Calvinists are cryto-Valentinians. I do not believe Calvinists are Gnostics, so please understand my question knowing I am not trying to paint anyone in a good or bad ...
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According to Calvin, how can God be loving if he created people to go to hell?
I struggle with John Calvin writing that God created people to go to the lake of fire (Institues, Volume 3, Chapter 21, Section 5). How could a loving, merciful, and gracious God create people so that ...
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Thomistic Predestination and Free Will
What is the role of free will in Thomistic predestination?
My understanding of Thomist teachings:
people have free will to do what they want
everyone gets sufficient amount of grace (Sufficient for ...
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Is there a Christian philosopher who has published a book challenging compatibilism from the point of view of hard determinism?
A.W Pink in "The sovereignty of God" says in the introduction- "Two things are beyond dispute: God is sovereign, man is responsible". That compatibilist point of view is compared to Libertarian ...
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To whom the Election applied according to the Calvinist (TULIP)?
A. To every human (including Adam and Eve) who will exist in the future.
B. To every human (except Adam and Eve) who will exist in the future.
C. To every human who will exist in the future after ...
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What is the easy and less complicated definition of predestination [Calvinism]?
I am finding it difficult to understand the Calvinistic ideas of limited atonement and predestination. Does limited atonement mean that only a chosen people called the elect will attain salvation? If ...
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According to Reformed Theology, how does omniscience relate to election?
If before the creation, God had planned everything from A to Z of the life on the earth since it's created until the end of day and every life of each individual from A to Z since he/she was born ...
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How do monergists respond to Bible verses that support the doctrine of synergism?
How do Lutherans, Calvinists and other protestants that believe in monergism respond to biblical passages that seem to support synergism such as these?
For example:
"Be perfect, therefore, as ...
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What does John 3:16 mean according to Calvinism?
John 3:16
For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.
I originally believed the sentence above is like an ...
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How would a Calvinist interpret Matthew 13:37-40?
(37) He answered, “The one who sows the good seed is the Son of Man.
(38) The field is the world, and the good seed is the sons of the
kingdom. The weeds are the sons of the evil one, (39) and the ...
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To the Calvinist, does Phillipians 1:29 mean that all the Philippians will go to heaven because all of them have already been elected?
Philippians 1:29
For unto you it is given in the behalf of Christ, not only to believe
on him, but also to suffer for his sake.
My understanding :
1. The word "you" is all of the Philippians.
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How do molinists justify a world where not everyone freely chooses salvation?
Assuming not all humans on earth will become Christians. Many have lived and died that have not. The Bible is clear that many will fall away and perish.
If Molinism is true,
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Was the Second Council of Quierzy (853) controlled by Hincmar against the Augustinians?
In a lecture, Reformed theologian and church historian Douglas Kelly says:
Hincmar controlled a council – it was not a really representative council. He stacked it. […] The semi-Augustinian, proto-...
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According to Calvinists, why did God say what He did to Cain in Genesis 4:7?
Both high and low Calvinists from this Wiki say that God authorized the Fall, by which all deserve to be condemned.
Me: If there is no predestination at all, both Cain and Abel will end up in hell.
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Why isn't supralapsarianism's first decree to create?
From Wikipedia
Supralapsarians believe that God chose which individuals to save
logically prior to the decision to allow the race to fall and that the
Fall serves as the means of realization of ...
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To the Calvinist, is Romans 9:21 potter story based on Jeremiah 18:4?
My Calvinist friend gave me Romans 9:21 and Jeremiah 18:4 to support his view that each individual since was born already either the object of His wrath or the object of His mercy.
After I read ...
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How is Article XVII of the Articles of Religion defended by Arminians?
The beginning of Article 17 (XVII) of the Articles of Religion seems to me to clearly teach Calvinistic predestination:
Predestination to Life is the everlasting purpose of God, whereby (before the ...
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What is the difference between Irresistible Grace and the Immaculate Conception?
So, there's a Calvinist dogma called "Irresistible grace" which I take to mean that some people are unable to resist the call of God and will do the "Godly thing" against their freewill (or instead of ...
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What is a special sign of predestination? (Catholic)
One of the promises given by Mary to the people who pray the rosary is
Devotion to my Rosary is a special sign of predestination.
Reference
I read many things on predestination and can't really ...
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What is the basis for Lutheran single predestination, as opposed to double predestination?
I was reading this question, What were the main doctrinal disagreements between Luther and Calvin?, and one of the differences between the two was Calvin believed in double predestination, while ...
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What is the basis for Calvinist double predestination, as opposed to single predestination?
I was reading this question, What were the main doctrinal disagreements between Luther and Calvin?, and one of the differences between the two was Calvin believed in double predestination, while ...
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How do Calvinists explain God's wanting no one to perish and electing some to judgement?
I have two ideas that have support in the bible, but seem to contradict! Please help! I am looking for a Calvinist/Evangelical answer.
These two verses have the general effect that God does not want ...
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How does the Roman Catholic Church interpret predestination?
I've been trying to determine how the Roman Catholic church interprets the idea of predestination. From what I have found so far it appears to be a view more rooted in single predestination, though I ...
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When omniscient God had a plan for Jesus, why did God think of killing everyone?
There seems to be a contradiction between these two verses.
So the LORD said, "I will wipe from the face of the earth the human race I have created--and with them the animals, the birds and the ...
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If I seek God, does that mean that I MUST be elect, according to Calvinism? [duplicate]
I want to find God, at least I think I do. I struggle with the different interpretations of the path to salvation and even though I don't LIKE the idea of God electing some and giving others ...
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How could a just God design vessels whose only purpose is damnation, as predestination seems to teach? [duplicate]
Romans 9:20–23 (NKJV)
But indeed, O man, who are you to reply against God? Will the thing formed say to him who formed it, “Why have you made me like this?” 21 Does not the potter have power over ...
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What level of will-power do humans have according to Luther?
Luther wrote a very forceful book about original sin and predestination called 'On the Bondage of the will'. In it Luther opposes the idea of free-will, defined as a person's power to do good without ...
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If God “shows no partiality,” how do Calvinists defend predestination?
There are a number of verses in the Bible that say that God is "not partial" (Deuteronomy 10:17) or that he "shows no partiality" (Romans 2:11, ESV). How do Calvinists square such verses with their ...
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How do Calvinists explain Luke 19:41-44
How do Calvinists explain Luke 19:41-44:
41 And when he drew near and saw the city, he wept over it, 42
saying, “Would that you, even you, had known on this day the things
that make for peace! ...
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Do Calvinists believe they know whether they are saved?
My question is pretty straightforward: Do Calvinists believe they know whether they are saved?
This might seem like a strange question at first glance, so let me explain why I'm asking. From what I ...
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What's the difference between predestination and predeterminism?
Could someone please plainly spell out the differences between the following concepts?
Predestination
Predeterminism
Determinism
Theological determinism
There appears to be some debate over whether ...
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What is the Lutheran view on sovereign election?
My understanding is that Lutherans have some doctrine of sovereign election/predestination, yet they also affirm unlimited atonement and that some do go on to shipwreck their faith. What are the ...
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According to Catholic Tradition, did God create people to be prophets or did He choose people to be prophets based on good works?
According to Catholic Tradition, did God create people to be prophets? Or did he choose people to be prophets based on good works?
For example, before Isaiah was born, did God know that he would be a ...
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What is the Biblical basis for the belief that God foreordained the fall of Adam and Eve?
I was reading the other day and I came across these verses
But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot: Who verily was foreordained before the foundation of ...
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How do Calvinists interpret 2 Peter 1:10?
Therefore, brothers, be all the more diligent to confirm your calling and election, for if you practice these qualities you will never fall. - 2 Peter 1:10 (ESV)
This seems to suggest that we have ...
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What happens if someone who is not elect tries to seek God?
From the perspective of Reformed Theology, in relation to Unconditional Election:
What happens if someone who is not elect, tries to seek God? Does God reject them?
Or this an impossibility - does ...
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According to Calvinism, why does God give mercy to some and not to others?
So according to Calvinism as I understand it...
...God has chosen from eternity to extend mercy to those he has chosen and to withhold mercy from those not chosen. Those chosen receive salvation ...
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Christ in the context of Predestination
I'm grappling with the idea of predestination at the moment. I feel it has several problems, or maybe I'm just not thinking things through.
However, one of the basic questions that arises for me is ...
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In light of Article of Religion XVII, why is teaching predestination a good thing?
Article 17 of the Articles of Religion, on the topic of predestination, asserts that for the non-elect having the sentence of predestination before their eyes causes them to sin more and more. So, ...
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Looking for source for quote from Christian author
Some years ago I read in a book about Christianity an attempt to explain the apparent paradox between predestination and free will.
I have forgotten the name of the book and its author (it could be C....
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What does the Bible teach/say about luck? [closed]
Is there such a thing, do we have a measure of randomness and ability to shape our own destinies or ultimately are all things predestined.
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How is the LDS churches belief on a pre-mortal existence different than other Christian religions?
A document published by the church Of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints titled the proclamation to the family refers to a premortal identity and purpose or a premortal realm.
How is the LDS churches ...
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How does Calvinism explain how an omniscient, omnipotent, and omnibenevolent creator could NOT have a plan for universal salvation?
In the haze of discerning truth and wisdom by the hybrid application of scripture, tradition, philosophy, and experience it seems illogical that a loving creator with perfect and complete knowledge ...
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Clarifications on “Temporal Predestination”
I was just perusing the wikipedia article on predestination, and came across an interesting blip on "Temporal Predestination":
Temporal predestination is the view that God only determines temporal ...
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Other than Augustine, which Church Fathers have directly influenced John Calvin's teaching of “double-predestination?”
"By predestination we mean the eternal decree of God, by which he
determined with himself whatever he wished to happen with regard to
every man. All are not created on equal terms, but some are
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Did John Calvin teach that God creates certain souls only to be destroyed?
From what I understand, Calvin not only taught, but effectively systematized the doctrine of "predestinarianism," which holds that:
God for His own glorification, and without any regard to original ...
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Does John 6:44 imply that there is no free will when it comes to salvation? [closed]
I was struck by reading this verse in John the other night:
No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him
I've heard the term 'predestination', however it is unclear to me how free ...
