Questions tagged [predestination]
The doctrine that all events have been willed by God
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Predestination and Freewill
Is predestination a Catholic doctrine? If so, how does the Catholic Church harmonise the doctrine of predestination against freewill?
The Catechism of the The Catholic Church states:
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What do Reformed Christians understand by God's foreordination?
The reformed, Westminster Confession of faith, reads in chapter three:
God from all eternity, did, by the most wise and holy counsel of His
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If an individual sins because God “hardened their heart”, does that make God the direct responsible of the sin (i.e. a sinner)? [closed]
In the Bible we find passages such as:
Exodus 7:3-4
3 But I will harden Pharaoh’s heart, and though I multiply my signs and wonders in Egypt, 4 he will not listen to you.
Exodus 11:9-10
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How can children who are not elect be a gift from God? [closed]
How can children who are not elect be a gift from God?
Scripture tells us that children are a gift from the Lord, the fruit of the womb a reward.
When a parent has surrendered "birth control"...
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Predestination and human knowledge [closed]
Is there any denomination that claim to know it is possible for humans to know where a human is predestined to go after death?
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According to Catholics, who are “the elect”?
Calvinists believe that God unconditionally elects certain people to believe, these are His "elect"
I am trying to figure what Catholics believe. This article states "A true biblical understanding of ...
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God's foreknowledge according to the Calvinist?
I read from this link-1
Romans 8:29 means that God “fore-loved” certain people, and
predestinated them
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1 Peter 1:20 says Christ was "foreknown before the foundation of ...
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Is there a consensus among early Christians on Romans 9?
How did the early church interpret St. Paul in Romans 9? Is there a consensus in early Christianity regarding the relation between predestination and free will?
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How do Calvinists understand the argument that only the Ephesian church were elect in the context of Ephesians?
I was talking to an individual and he told me that the Calvinist premise that we were elect before the creation of the world is false because the verse in Ephesians 1 is taken out of context. He said ...
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What is the Arminian view of God's providence?
Disclaimer: This question is not intended to suggest that God is not sovereign under Arminianism. It is simply a question for clarification, as I haven't really found a detailed description. Also, I ...
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Romans 9:14 to 9:24 and free will
Do all Christians believe in predestination? If not, for those who don't, how do they explain Romans 9:14 - 9:24?
14 What shall we say then? There is no injustice with God, is there? May it never be! ...
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How does election work according to mainstream Presbyterian thought?
In the Presbyterian church, does election require that we both receive God's call and answer it? Or is it only that we need to have been chosen? Could this be a question of understanding God as not ...
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Did John Calvin teach that souls 'pre-existed'?
My understanding of Calvin's teaching on Paul's expression of foreknowledge, election and predestination is that all of these are within the eternal Deity.
That which occurred within Deity (I ...
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1 John 3:20 what does it mean “He knows everything” according to Calvinist Single Predestination?
This question as a continuation of my question here, because the question before is not "tight".
1 John 3:20
For God is greater than our hearts, and He knows everything.
Trying to put my ...
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1 Peter 2:7-8 different meaning on other language
1 Peter 2: (7) Now to you who believe, this stone is precious. But
to those who do not believe, "The stone the builders rejected has
become the cornerstone," (8)and, "A stone that causes people to
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What do Calvinists teach about the Election of mankind? Is it before or after the Creation?
From this link:
Calvin also reminds us that Paul states that the love God had for us
before the creation of the world had always been founded in Christ
From this link:
Calvinists believe that ...
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How is God's Predestination according to Calvinist?
I've just read from this link, an explanation by John Piper :
Nobody is in hell that doesn't deserve to be there and
isn't in active rebellion to God
Because my own interpretation that Total ...
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According to the Catholic Church, why should we pray if God has already decided the best future for all of us?
According to Roman Catholic Church,
if God knows everything, including the future (which he does, if he's
omniscient)
Refer : What is the biblical evidence for God's omnipotence and ...
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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
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