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Foreordination

noun
1.
(theology) being determined in advance; especially the doctrine (usually associated with Calvin) that God has foreordained every event throughout eternity (including the final salvation of mankind).  Synonyms: predestination, predetermination, preordination.






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... and whom he called, them he also justified; and whom he justified, them he also glorified" (Rom 8:30). Mark, all these thing are spoken as being already done; predestinated, called, justified, glorified. He doth not say, they shall be, but he hath done it, that is, in and according to the foreordination of God. (2.) Saints are said to by justified in their own sight or knowledge, as when God doth make manifest to the soul, what he had determined before should be done. "Be of good cheer, thy sins are forgiven thee." this is justification in the sight of the creature. And ...
— The Works of John Bunyan • John Bunyan



Words linked to "Foreordination" :   predestination, theology, election, predetermination, preordination, divinity, theological doctrine, foreordain



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