| 单词 | predestination |
| 例句 | From there I got to thinking about predestination. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Throughout there was a strange bitterness; an absence of consolatory gentleness; stern allusions to Calvinistic doctrines—election, predestination, reprobation—were frequent; and each reference to these points sounded like a sentence pronounced for doom. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z I sure wished I could ask Papa how to fit predestination into this puzzle. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z And there are millions more who feel predestination in ‘Thou shalt.’ East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Major Major’s father had a Calvinist’s faith in predestination and could perceive distinctly how everyone’s misfortunes but his own were expressions of God’s will. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Half my mind told me to cool it; to acquiesce to his claims of racial superiority and predestination. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z But the main thematic concerns of these opening two segments are the nature of good and evil and predestination. "Loki" is an enjoyable, aesthetic romp that feels smaller than the God of Mischief deserves 2021-06-09T04:00:00Z Nolfi and Damon said their goal was to make a romantic action film that also made people think, a popcorn flick for couples open to pondering predestination afterward in a coffee shop. God, destiny, good, evil ... and Matt Damon 2011-03-03T06:25:51Z I can remember wondering about this as a teenager when, having been brought up without religion, I started thinking about predestination and free will and suchlike. Readers recommend: songs about Jesus – results 2013-06-13T15:01:36Z The idea of being related to any idea with predestination, "So what's the f**king point then?" "The Big Door Prize's" Chris O'Dowd: "Being Irish has been nothing but an absolute gift" 2023-04-19T04:00:00Z This exuberant comic novel — involving explosions, secret agents, religious fanatics and a hapless narrator dragged around Europe by his long-lost aunt — is also a sly theological exploration of fate and predestination. New & Noteworthy, From Black Utopias to a ‘Little Women’ Tribute 2019-08-27T04:00:00Z Where the first season was an examination of predestination, these new episodes play with determinism. It's impossible to tell where in the multiverse "Loki" is going. Thank the gods 2023-10-05T04:00:00Z They believed in predestination, which led them to search their own and others' behavior for signs of saving grace. Why the Puritans cracked down on celebrating Christmas 2020-12-24T05:00:00Z In his complacent orthodoxy, segregation is another form of predestination; the races were meant to be apart. Marilynne Robinson’s New Book Explores Love in Segregated America 2020-09-29T04:00:00Z But the facts of her culinary upbringing do have that glitter of predestination. “Burn the Place” Is a Thrilling, Disquieting Memoir of Addiction and Coming of Age 2019-10-15T04:00:00Z Mr. van Hove’s “Bridge” is, if anything, even more relentless in its aura of grim predestination. Review: ‘A View From the Bridge’ Bears Witness to the Pain of Fate 2015-11-12T05:00:00Z The doctrine of social class as predestination has rarely been presented so succinctly. Review | Ian Rankin took on the challenge of finishing his mentor’s book. The result is a darkly beautiful novel. 2021-09-22T04:00:00Z The predestination here is to perennially reckon with unruly and obdurate feeling: people cannot help what moves them, what makes them feel alive. Twenty Years of Listening to Gillian Welch 2016-09-09T04:00:00Z One was predestination; the other depressed a nation. Style Invitational Week 1467: The Year in Redo, Part 1 2021-12-16T05:00:00Z The sense of predestination hangs heavily over the movie, but not a sense of life. ‘The Better Angels,’ About the Young Abe Lincoln 2014-11-06T05:00:00Z A lesson in predestination and 10 jokes a minute! The Best TV Episodes of 2019 2019-12-13T05:00:00Z He grapples with time-honored questions of free will, predestination, man vs. nature and the tensions between parents and children. ‘I Am Radar,’ by Reif Larsen 2015-04-09T04:00:00Z “If I still believed in predestination,” he says, “I would have called our coming together fate. This band was my refuge.” Bearing ‘The Weight’ of Feeling Alone 2023-04-10T04:00:00Z The Reformation doctrines of election, predestination and the like, says Boyce, resulted in unexpected political consequences. ‘Born Bad’: How the idea that we’re all sinners has shaped Western culture 2015-05-20T04:00:00Z The play’s title starts to acquire a deep-blue aura of predestination. Review: In ‘Lost Girls,’ Derailed Blue-Collar Lives, With Zingers 2015-11-09T05:00:00Z Squint a bit and alchemy is just chemistry; any belief in predestination makes astrology seem almost logical. Review | How scientists came to be 2018-03-20T04:00:00Z Of course, that’s not what the movie’s “about,” as if about-ness were a form of artistic predestination that absolves filmmakers of decisions about what to put into a movie. The Too-Easy History of “Suffragette” 2015-10-23T04:00:00Z If humans have free will, it follows, the concept of predestination must be modified and the idea of a limited elect be expanded. The Religious Roots of Our Free Enterprise System 2021-01-26T05:00:00Z Tyson didn’t just float on a cloud of predestination while she built her career. Perspective | Cicely Tyson embodied what it takes to be a great actor: Instinct and intention 2021-01-29T05:00:00Z From the book’s grab-bag of themes and feelings, the film latched onto predestination and sorrow and got more lugubrious as it went along. ‘The Time Traveler’s Wife’ Review: Making the Leap, Again 2022-05-12T04:00:00Z Where the first season was an examination of predestination and an identity reset for its namesake hero, these new episodes play with determinism – the theory that all our actions are inevitable. It's impossible to tell where in the multiverse "Loki" is going. Thank the gods 2023-10-05T04:00:00Z To that end, “Young Mr. Lincoln” practices a selective form of predestination. Mr. Lincoln Goes to Hollywood (and Looks Like Henry Fonda) 2018-01-26T05:00:00Z The idea was that, predestination or not, Geneva would be the model Christian community. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z Calvin espoused a doctrine known as predestination, which held that God had predetermined which souls would be granted salvation upon death and which were destined for hell. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z The doctrine of predestination is particularly tough in this regard since it deems losers those whom God has not selected for salvation. Review | How success gets in the way of a meaningful life 2022-12-28T05:00:00Z Surprisingly, they shared cosmological views, such as a belief in reincarnation and predestination. Introduction to Philosophy 2022-06-15T00:00:00Z Whereas Martin Luther and John Calvin had preached a doctrine of predestination and close reading of scripture, new evangelical ministers spread a message of personal and experiential faith that rose above mere book learning. U.S. History 2014-12-30T00:00:00Z The theological writings he was drawn to emphasized predestination, and he thought his self-serving attempt to avoid earthly persecution was clear evidence he was going to hell. Review | History’s famous delusions, those who believed them — and why 2022-08-05T04:00:00Z Those surreal face-to-face confrontations allow the filmmakers to pose a few playful questions about fate, predestination and human decency: What binds us to our alternate-universe counterparts, and what sets us apart from them? Review: An enjoyable ‘Doctor Strange’ sequel delivers the flyin’, the witch and the red robe 2022-05-03T04:00:00Z Even among Calvinistic Congregationalists and Presbyterians, ministers relaxed or even discarded the doctrine of predestination, and taught instead that God would open heaven to all who sought it sincerely. Building the American Republic, Volume 2 2018-01-18T00:00:00Z In several classes taught by the professor, he also wrote in the syllabi that the class grading policy is based on "the Calvinist doctrine of predestination, which postulates that an individual’s destiny is predetermined." Michigan professor who wore space helmet in profanity-laced video assigned Osama bin Laden Nobel Prize paper 2022-02-20T05:00:00Z George Fox had founded the Society of Friends in England in the late 1640s, having grown dissatisfied with Puritanism and the idea of predestination. U.S. History 2014-12-30T00:00:00Z “That is how predestination works. … Take your complaints to God. He ordained this system, not me,” Mehler said. Suspended professor made salty video to get ‘juices flowing’ 2022-01-14T05:00:00Z “I just look at the number and assign a grade. That is how predestination works. … Take your complaints to God. He ordained this system, not me.” Michigan professor on leave after bizarre video about grades 2022-01-13T05:00:00Z Paradoxically, perhaps, belief in predestination did not discourage Calvinists from seeking salvation. Building the American Republic, Volume 2 2018-01-18T00:00:00Z His thoughts, however, were exalted: predestination, God’s all-commanding word, Jesus’ living and suffering among us, Christmas with its angels, magi and shepherds. Most heavenly holiday music: Messiaen and Christmas in 20 virtuosic piano visions 2020-12-23T05:00:00Z Ames in particular finds the doctrine of predestination, the heart of Calvinist theology, endlessly fascinating, but is reluctant to impose it even on members of his own family. Review: Marilynne Robinson's new novel tackles racism, but glosses over its history 2020-10-06T04:00:00Z “But they also knew their grade was not based on predestination. That was simply humorous.” Suspended professor made salty video to get ‘juices flowing’ 2022-01-14T05:00:00Z “My grading system is based on the Calvinist doctrine of predestination,” he said. Michigan professor on leave after bizarre video about grades 2022-01-13T05:00:00Z Without explicitly renouncing predestination, the itinerants undermined it by hinting that everyone who truly sought God would find Him. Building the American Republic, Volume 2 2018-01-18T00:00:00Z In seeking answers, Christians imported concepts of predestination from the metaphysics of Plato and Aristotle with mixed — and sometimes disastrous — results. Review: In Percival Everett's three-version "Telephone," it's always the dealer's choice 2020-05-15T04:00:00Z And the day after his address, the president had an appointment with predestination, as the Senate was scheduled for a Wednesday vote that would, barring shocking news or mass hypnosis, acquit him on impeachment charges. Trump’s Reality-TV State of the Union Argues for Another Season 2020-02-05T05:00:00Z “In China, we have a common saying: ‘Separated as we are, thousands of miles apart, we come together by predestination,’” she said in Mandarin, as her son translated. A Maine Paper Mill’s Unexpected Savior: China 2020-01-15T05:00:00Z Adding to the sense of predestination was the fact that he wasn’t even meant to be on the pitch. Gabriel Martinelli shrugs off Arsenal’s shackles and lets hope fly again | Jonathan Liew 2020-01-22T05:00:00Z “Nobody I knew was interested in art or fashion, so there was no predestination,” says the designer, 43. The Men’s Wear Designer Keeping a Heritage Brand Cool 2019-11-29T05:00:00Z Up next was Anderson, a Holocaust denier who gave a rambling sermon against Calvinist theology, which includes predestination, the belief that God has chosen certain people to go to heaven before they’re born. This radical Baptist church preaches LGBTQ hate just miles from California's Capitol 2019-08-02T04:00:00Z Initially, the famous artist’s avatar, “David,” seems inert, too shackled by predestination and weighed down by narrative omniscience. Briefly Noted Book Reviews 2019-07-15T04:00:00Z What about Romeo and Juliet: are these “starcrossed lovers” victims of astrological predestination or of the “civil blood” of their feuding families? May as Polonius, Gove as Cassius: is Brexit a Shakespearean tragedy? 2019-04-12T04:00:00Z “For the doctrine of Election,” he said, “we have now a new genealogy: the Teacher of Righteousness, Paul, Spinoza, Calvin, Hegel, Marx—one of the most disastrous of human ideas, the doctrine of predestination!” The Scrolls from the Dead Sea 1955-05-06T04:00:00Z Or worse influenced by religious beliefs such as the various conservative Protestant strains of Calvinism that stress predestination. This small Indiana county sends more people to prison than San Francisco and Durham, N.C., combined. Why? 2016-09-02T04:00:00Z He ruminates about the interplay between genetic predestination and the free will of lived experience. When we unlock the secrets of our genes, what do we do with that knowledge? 2016-05-12T04:00:00Z Eschewing the doctrine of predestination, religious beliefs during the Romantic period focused on salvation through morality and good behavior. Gothic to Goth: Exploring the Impact of the Romantic Era in Fashion 2016-04-15T04:00:00Z Somehow we divined that Mom had made a strong, relentless charge against the un-American-ness of predestination, working on Dad’s deep Republican faith in self-reliance. Chris Matthews: Growing up Catholic in Philadelphia 2015-10-09T04:00:00Z In an age of medical predestination, he was a voice for free will. Tea with Oliver Sacks: Will Self, Andrew Solomon and Sue Halpern pay tribute 2015-09-04T04:00:00Z “He said, ‘Baby, it’s all about predestination!’” she recalls. How do we find each other? Lots of ways _ friends can help 2015-02-11T05:00:00Z And he is one of the leading champions of “New Calvinism,” a theological orientation that embraces predestination, the idea that God has determined who will be saved and who will not. Mark Driscoll Is Being Urged to Leave Mars Hill Church 2014-08-22T04:00:00Z "Us modern Presbyterians don't believe in predestination, but on this occasion I thought I'd give it a whizz." Obituary: John Cole 2013-11-08T11:17:02Z This gave them a significant head start on most of their contemporaries and Camelot, in particular, has had an air of predestination about him from his earliest days. Camelot and Bonfire in Derby duel their destinies determined for them 2012-06-01T15:42:54Z Huss, in his deductions from the Wickliffite doctrines of predestination, had overthrown the very foundations of the hierarchical system. A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume II 2012-04-18T02:00:12.957Z It is absurd to say that the predestination of God takes away the liberty of man. The Expositor's Bible: The First Book of Samuel 2012-04-08T02:00:20.427Z Sun, not accepting the dialectics of historical materialism, and following the traditionally Chinese pragmatic way of thinking, could not orient his revolution in a world of economic predestinations. The Political Doctrines of Sun Yat-sen: An Exposition of the San Min Chu I 2012-04-04T02:00:55.303Z His predestination doctrine was the religious expression of the fact that in the commercial world of competition success or failure does not depend upon a man's activity or cleverness, but upon circumstances uncontrollable by him. Socialism: Utopian and Scientific 2012-03-26T02:00:37.300Z She knew little and understood less with regard to predestination; but she had, since meeting him, recalled that he was the one she had seen in her dream—and loved! The Homesteader A Novel 2012-03-26T02:00:30.703Z At this synod a heresy was brought forward by a few monks in regard to predestination. A Source Book of Medi?val History Documents Illustrative of European Life and Institutions from the German Invasions to the Renaissance 2012-03-23T02:00:40.930Z Yet this universal predestination in no degree interferes with the liberty of man. The Expositor's Bible: The First Book of Samuel 2012-04-08T02:00:20.427Z The predestination having such an end, how fitly it is said: “in love having foreordained us.” The Expositor's Bible: Ephesians 2012-03-20T02:00:11.133Z In India, where the doctrine of predestination is generally prevalent, it is calculated that in one year there were forty suicides in a population of 250,000, twenty-three of which were females. Curiosities of Medical Experience 2012-03-09T03:00:20.410Z Compare the fate of the pampered race-horse with that of the tortured cab-horse: for all your talk of predestination, it is a case of injustice. Life and Writings of Maurice Maeterlinck 2012-02-19T03:00:16.920Z The beliefs in scripture inspiration, incarnation, atonement, election, predestination, depravity, fall, regeneration, redemption, deprived of their interior meaning, became ragged heaps of dogmatism, unbeautiful, incredible, hateful. Transcendentalism in New England A History 2012-02-18T03:00:16.210Z It is a hard penance, like the suffering of those who eternally debate on "predestination, freewill, fate." The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 6 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions 2012-02-11T03:04:02.353Z Not one word about believing in the Trinity, or in foreordination or predestination. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 1 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Lectures 2012-02-11T03:03:59.847Z They gave us predestination, foreordination and just enough "free will" to go to hell. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 4 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Lectures 2012-02-11T03:03:46.253Z If predestination exists, it only exists in character; and character can be modified. Life and Writings of Maurice Maeterlinck 2012-02-19T03:00:16.920Z And yet this same Whitefield believed and taught the dogma of predestination. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 3 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Lectures 2012-02-11T03:03:43.960Z Its articles of belief were five—belief in God, in his angels, in his Prophet, in the last day, and in predestination. Secret Societies of the Middle Ages 2012-02-09T03:00:11.637Z Honor, justice, mercy, reason and charity were all exiled, but the five points of predestination, particular redemption, irresistible grace, total depravity, and the certain perseverance of the saints remained instead. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 1 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Lectures 2012-02-11T03:03:59.847Z But my friends tell me you believe in predestination, and a good old lady, one of your congregation, confirms it. The Little Gleaner, Vol. X. A Monthly Magazine for the Young 2012-02-03T03:00:20.453Z C. L. N. A. I. Of the Moslem theory of predestination, Khayyam might truly say, �Ten thousand mortals, drowned in endless woe, for doing what they were compelled to do.� The Sufistic Quatrains of Omar Khayyam 2012-01-08T03:00:15.553Z Jansenius was a French Jesuit who carried the doctrine of predestination to the extreme, asserting that God commands things that are impossible, and that Christ did not die for all. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 3 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Lectures 2012-02-11T03:03:43.960Z There is no better instance of the heredity of genius and of predestination to a career. The Critical Game 2012-01-05T03:00:38.527Z This fellow, also, as you might have supposed, so far from believing in predestination, didn't believe in anything at all—an out-and-out atheist. Loaded Dice 2012-01-04T03:00:36.343Z The question now was not with her, whether predestination was a truth of God or not, but whether she was one of the happy number appointed to salvation. The Little Gleaner, Vol. X. A Monthly Magazine for the Young 2012-02-03T03:00:20.453Z The doctrines of grace and of predestination, which are at the centre of Calvinism, have no other meaning. Outlines of a Philosophy of Religion based on Psychology and History 2012-01-01T03:00:07.953Z In 1552 Dr. Baius took it into his head to sustain a number of propositions touching predestination to the prejudice of the doctrine of free will. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 3 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Lectures 2012-02-11T03:03:43.960Z To the rationalistic point of view of the day, on the contrary, many doctrines of the Augustinian dogmatics, founded on the New Testament, appear quite untenable, and indeed revolting; for example, predestination. The World As Will And Idea (Vol. 1 of 3) 2011-12-29T03:00:18.017Z It was a period when theologians were much interested in grace, free will, predestination, and kindred questions. The War Upon Religion Being an Account of the Rise and Progress of Anti-christianism in Europe 2011-12-24T03:07:55.507Z The next opportunity was eagerly embraced, and the zealous inquirer, seating herself by a good old woman of the congregation, whispered— "Pray, madam, do they believe in predestination here?" The Little Gleaner, Vol. X. A Monthly Magazine for the Young 2012-02-03T03:00:20.453Z It is with predestination as it is with religion itself. Outlines of a Philosophy of Religion based on Psychology and History 2012-01-01T03:00:07.953Z The commercial spirit, the interests of trade, were winning men from the discussion of predestination and the sacred decrees of God. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 3 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Lectures 2012-02-11T03:03:43.960Z The numbers following the sermon on predestination and election, were written at different times, and in some instances at quite distant intervals from each other. Calvinistic Controversy Embracing a Sermon on Predestination and Election and Several Numbers, Formally Published in the Christian Advocate and Journal. 2011-12-08T03:00:27.177Z The system of predestination supposes that God, in his eternal secrets, has resolved that some men should be elected, and being thus his favorites, receive special grace. Letters To Eugenia Or, A Preservative Against Religious Prejudices 2011-11-24T03:00:47.570Z Why, predestination," said she, "how can they avoid believing it? The Little Gleaner, Vol. X. A Monthly Magazine for the Young 2012-02-03T03:00:20.453Z There is really no predestination for irreligious souls. Outlines of a Philosophy of Religion based on Psychology and History 2012-01-01T03:00:07.953Z Third, With having spoken disparagingly of the doctrine of predestination. Heretics And Heresies From 'The Gods and Other Lectures' 2011-11-24T03:00:47.387Z But as God alone has knowledge to comprehend futurity, and power to direct and control future events; predestination, in a proper and strict sense, can only be used in reference to him. Calvinistic Controversy Embracing a Sermon on Predestination and Election and Several Numbers, Formally Published in the Christian Advocate and Journal. 2011-12-08T03:00:27.177Z They turned apparently upon predestination and grace; questions upon which Christian theologians, have not after eighteen centuries been able to come, either to an understanding or agreement. Critical Examination of the Life of St. Paul 2011-11-24T03:00:45.230Z He told me he believed in Divine predestination; I told him I did not, but that I believed in divine prescience. Wild Wales The People, Laguage & Scenery 2011-10-09T02:00:29.740Z Opposition to Calvin's extreme theory of predestination introduced a Pelagianizing current into the Reformed church, which was by no means confined to professed Arminians. Church History, Vol. 3 of 3 2011-09-14T02:00:43.813Z Honor, justice, mercy, reason and charity were all exiled; but the five points of predestination, particular redemption, irresistible grace, total depravity, and the certain perseverance of the saints remained instead. Heretics And Heresies From 'The Gods and Other Lectures' 2011-11-24T03:00:47.387Z But the ground of controversy is, the unlimited extent to which some have carried this idea of predestination. Calvinistic Controversy Embracing a Sermon on Predestination and Election and Several Numbers, Formally Published in the Christian Advocate and Journal. 2011-12-08T03:00:27.177Z According to his doctrine he appears to establish in the strongest manner the dreadful doctrine of absolute predestination and reprobation. Critical Examination of the Life of St. Paul 2011-11-24T03:00:45.230Z The young virgin would then again recover confidence in her predestination, until the day when fresh doubts would assail her, and again melt away. The Executioner's Knife Or Joan of Arc 2011-09-13T02:00:34.817Z The fundamental doctrine of predestination, common to all Puritans, was, even with them, for the most part, a presupposition of all theological speculation. Church History, Vol. 3 of 3 2011-09-14T02:00:43.813Z In opposition to the Pelagians, Augustine maintained a doctrine of absolute predestination. Determinism or Free-Will? 2011-09-10T02:00:27.557Z And Mr. Buck defines predestination to mean, “The decree of God, whereby he hath, for his own glory, foreordained whatever comes to pass.” Calvinistic Controversy Embracing a Sermon on Predestination and Election and Several Numbers, Formally Published in the Christian Advocate and Journal. 2011-12-08T03:00:27.177Z They disputed continually on predestination, on grace, and on the liberty of man; they understood neither themselves nor St. Paul. Critical Examination of the Life of St. Paul 2011-11-24T03:00:45.230Z Bolsée, again, was brought to judgment for having other ideas than Calvin on the subject of predestination. The Works of Honor? de Balzac About Catherine de' Medici, Seraphita and Other Stories 2011-09-02T02:00:23.810Z Of these were the Seed or Sucker Baptists, who identified the non-elect with the seed of the serpent, and on account of their doctrine of predestination regarded all instruction and care of children useless. Church History, Vol. 3 of 3 2011-09-14T02:00:43.813Z The second leads straight to the Christian doctrine of predestination. Determinism or Free-Will? 2011-09-10T02:00:27.557Z It is sometimes contended that predestination and foreknowledge are the same. Calvinistic Controversy Embracing a Sermon on Predestination and Election and Several Numbers, Formally Published in the Christian Advocate and Journal. 2011-12-08T03:00:27.177Z But the humourist in him was no less tickled by many popular absurdities; and he had enough philosophy to enjoy the eternal dispute between free-will and predestination. Chaucer and His England 2011-09-01T02:00:19.940Z There is a sort of predestination in it.” The Shadow of the Past 2011-08-31T02:01:36.547Z A large number with Dr. Walther at their head held a strict doctrine of predestination which they regarded as the mark of genuine Lutheranism. Church History, Vol. 3 of 3 2011-09-14T02:00:43.813Z Was there not a sort of magic predestination about the whole affair? Pink Gods and Blue Demons 2011-08-31T02:01:22.827Z And as this cannot be pretended, the more common and plausible argument is, that the foreknowledge of God necessarily implies predestination. Calvinistic Controversy Embracing a Sermon on Predestination and Election and Several Numbers, Formally Published in the Christian Advocate and Journal. 2011-12-08T03:00:27.177Z They fell, according to God's predestination, and thus became accursed, and then the waiting Redeemer was revealed, and "the divine scheme" was complete. My Path to Atheism 2011-08-30T02:00:29.183Z There was a predestination in these matters beyond human control. The Shadow of the Past 2011-08-31T02:01:36.547Z In other respects, for example, in preaching the doctrine of predestination, it can be considered as analogous to Calvinism also. An Introduction to the History of Japan 2011-08-25T02:00:29.177Z On the other hand, this predestination doctrine would mean that God should be regarded as the real and responsible cause of all evil, including what we call human sin. Religion and the War 2011-07-18T02:00:22.307Z But predestination is argued from the necessity of a Divine plan. Calvinistic Controversy Embracing a Sermon on Predestination and Election and Several Numbers, Formally Published in the Christian Advocate and Journal. 2011-12-08T03:00:27.177Z We find the doctrine of predestination, i.e., of favouritism, constantly put forward. My Path to Atheism 2011-08-30T02:00:29.183Z In support of that comforting assurance I secretly decided to accept the Presbyterian doctrine of predestination instead of the Methodist theory of free will in which I had been bred. Recollections of a Varied Life 2011-07-14T02:00:11.837Z I was not driven into it "by a predestination to write, which was beyond my control." The Puddleford Papers, Or Humors of the West 2011-07-12T02:00:33.027Z "Domine, do you carry fatalism, or predestination, if you like the word any better,—so far as to believe that every step of a man is supernaturally protected?" The Coward A Novel of Society and the Field in 1863 2011-07-08T02:00:16.223Z For it assumes what ought to be proved; and what has not, to my knowledge, ever been proved, viz. that to deny Calvinian predestination, is to deny that God has a perfect plan. Calvinistic Controversy Embracing a Sermon on Predestination and Election and Several Numbers, Formally Published in the Christian Advocate and Journal. 2011-12-08T03:00:27.177Z The proponents of the predestination view often point to the large amount of debt that was accrued in the boom that led to the bust. Economists: laissez-faire or plain lazy? 2011-07-05T16:01:27Z The grave disquisition on predestination and free-will which prefaces the account of his untoward fate has an irresistibly comic effect. Chaucer and His Times 2011-06-30T02:00:26.883Z You are right, Ian," answered the Doctor; "and we may recall now how wonderfully you have been led, and realize that there is a kind of predestination in our life. Playing With Fire 2011-06-29T02:00:30.590Z For preaching up predestination; or for preaching up free will. The Life of Benjamin Franklin With Many Choice Anecdotes and admirable sayings of this great man never before published by any of his biographers 2011-06-15T02:00:17.903Z This doctrine of predestination destroys the free agency, and of course the accountability of man. Calvinistic Controversy Embracing a Sermon on Predestination and Election and Several Numbers, Formally Published in the Christian Advocate and Journal. 2011-12-08T03:00:27.177Z He has convinced himself of "the great point of predestination." The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 2, September, 1851 2011-06-14T02:00:20.590Z Either seemed appropriate to its wearer; to Henriette by right of her vivacious charm which was particularly in evidence that evening, and to Helen by the predestination of nature. The Old Blood 2011-06-13T02:00:22.897Z This “necessity” seems the predestination of Calvinism, with the immorality of antinomianism. Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z Old Campbell, my blacksmith, is the only other intelligent being in camp, and he’s Scotch and believes in predestination and original sin, so his conversation’s rather trying for a steady diet.” The Snow-Burner 2011-05-17T02:00:21.527Z If therefore predestination be true, Universalism is true, according to the universally acknowledged principles of justice. Calvinistic Controversy Embracing a Sermon on Predestination and Election and Several Numbers, Formally Published in the Christian Advocate and Journal. 2011-12-08T03:00:27.177Z Calvinists are understood to maintain that predestination is absolute; redemption limited; p. 92moral impotency total; grace inevitable; and the salvation of the believer, certain. Christian Sects in the Nineteenth Century 2011-05-17T02:00:19.317Z My predestination to the rôle of squire of princes is not particularly obvious. Royal Highness 2011-05-05T02:00:22.363Z We wander through the bowers of love without a thought of the morrow, while the dread vulture of predestination eats into our souls, and cries, wo! wo! The Orpheus C. Kerr Papers, Series 1 2011-04-21T02:00:47.647Z Fatalism is to be distinguished both from determinism and predestination. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 3: Estremoz to Felspar 2011-04-14T02:00:59.373Z And it is a notorious fact, that modern Universalism, which is prevailing so generally through the country, rests for its chief support on the doctrine of predestination. Calvinistic Controversy Embracing a Sermon on Predestination and Election and Several Numbers, Formally Published in the Christian Advocate and Journal. 2011-12-08T03:00:27.177Z Aldous Huxley's Brave New World was based on predestination and there are millions of Indians who buy into that. Millions believe that victory in World Cup final is India's destiny 2011-03-31T20:35:00Z Again I have never been thoroughly convinced that predestination as taught in our creed is not tinctured with fatalism. Voices; Birth-Marks; The Man and the Elephant 2011-03-28T02:00:27.040Z To some extent, therefore, men may have been chosen for this or that work on earth, and, under the law of progression, this small measure of predestination may be accepted. A Rational Theology As Taught by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 2011-03-14T03:01:04.693Z He advocated and vehemently defended the tenet of absolute predestination, thus denying the free agency of man. The Great Apostasy Considered in the Light of Scriptural and Secular History 2011-03-09T03:00:46.980Z And it is well known, that the doctrine of fate, which is closely allied to Calvinian predestination, is the element in which infidelity “lives and moves and has its being.” Calvinistic Controversy Embracing a Sermon on Predestination and Election and Several Numbers, Formally Published in the Christian Advocate and Journal. 2011-12-08T03:00:27.177Z One is not unprepared to discover resentment against the forms of authority in a territory in which a strong back is more immediately important than a knowledge of debates on predestination. Benjamin Franklin Representative selections, with introduction, bibliograpy, and notes 2011-03-08T03:00:46.777Z To accept predestination, without a belief in fatalism, is to believe that man is a free moral agent; and this, as the years go by, I am inclined less and less to believe. Voices; Birth-Marks; The Man and the Elephant 2011-03-28T02:00:27.040Z Yet, it must be remembered that predestination can not be compelling. A Rational Theology As Taught by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 2011-03-14T03:01:04.693Z The idea upon which this pernicious doctrine was founded, was at first associated with that of an absolute predestination, by which man was foredoomed to destruction, or to an utterly undeserved salvation. The Great Apostasy Considered in the Light of Scriptural and Secular History 2011-03-09T03:00:46.980Z But for unconditional election, predestination would not be desired, even by those who now hold to it; and but for predestination, unconditional election could not be maintained. Calvinistic Controversy Embracing a Sermon on Predestination and Election and Several Numbers, Formally Published in the Christian Advocate and Journal. 2011-12-08T03:00:27.177Z He attacked the doctrine of predestination, as taught in his time, a most soul-dwarfing doctrine, calculated to rob humanity of motives to stimulate it to greater and nobler efforts to achieve for God. The Real Robert Burns 2011-02-18T03:00:20.253Z Many a sinner has been saved who never had one thought about predestination. Voices; Birth-Marks; The Man and the Elephant 2011-03-28T02:00:27.040Z Jarvis was a tall, straight, austere Scotchman of the old school," continued the clergyman, "with a belief in predestination and eternal punishment, which was—well—rather fanatical, even for those days. That Affair at Elizabeth 2011-02-14T03:00:36.587Z Thus, Luther taught as follows: 'The excellent, infallible, and sole preparation for grace, is the eternal election and predestination of God.' The Great Apostasy Considered in the Light of Scriptural and Secular History 2011-03-09T03:00:46.980Z We come to examine predestination in its particular relation to election. Calvinistic Controversy Embracing a Sermon on Predestination and Election and Several Numbers, Formally Published in the Christian Advocate and Journal. 2011-12-08T03:00:27.177Z Few people now regard predestination as an element in vital religion. The Real Robert Burns 2011-02-18T03:00:20.253Z I shall therefore vote to expel all who do not believe in every declaration in the confession of faith and particularly in predestination.” Voices; Birth-Marks; The Man and the Elephant 2011-03-28T02:00:27.040Z From this to the doctrine of predestination to eternal punishment was not difficult. The Century of Columbus 2011-01-29T03:00:17.380Z Any aura of predestination in his work with the national team is illusory. Kevin McCarra: Capello shows faith and flexibility 2010-05-28T23:07:00Z Calvinian election, therefore, stands intimately allied to Calvinian predestination; and the whole forms a chain of doctrines differing materially from ours. Calvinistic Controversy Embracing a Sermon on Predestination and Election and Several Numbers, Formally Published in the Christian Advocate and Journal. 2011-12-08T03:00:27.177Z It would be about big ideas: free will and predestination, science and faith, mankind's essential good or evil. Preparing for Life After Lost 2010-05-13T23:00:00Z Your doctrine of predestination is the fatalism of the ancients.” Voices; Birth-Marks; The Man and the Elephant 2011-03-28T02:00:27.040Z Did Calvinism spur worldly achievement because its doctrine of predestination removed all choice about the hereafter? Book Review - The Art of Choosing - By Sheena Iyengar 2010-04-17T02:18:00Z Belief in God's predestination of all events, both good and evil. The Thousand and One Nights, Vol. I. Commonly Called the Arabian Nights' Entertainments The first class of passages that we will now examine, which are supposed to favour the idea of unconditional election, is those that speak of a predestination unto holiness. Calvinistic Controversy Embracing a Sermon on Predestination and Election and Several Numbers, Formally Published in the Christian Advocate and Journal. 2011-12-08T03:00:27.177Z It is the doctrine of predestination in its hardest form. The Roman Poets of the Augustan Age: Virgil Coornhert could not plead for the toleration of heretics without assailing the dominant Calvinism, and so he opposed a conditional to its unconditional predestination. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 5 "Arculf" to "Armour, Philip" He entered into a warm controversy with Pelagius concerning the doctrines of free-will, grace, and predestination, and wrote treatises concerning them, but of his various works his Confessions is most secure of immortality. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 3 Atrebates to Bedlis The Lutherans and Calvinists have both been charged with antinomianism, the former on account of their doctrine of justification by faith, the latter both on this ground and that of the doctrine of predestination. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 2 Amiel to Atrauli At any rate, as the settling of the former question will have a very strong bearing upon the other, I shall confine myself in this article to predestination. Calvinistic Controversy Embracing a Sermon on Predestination and Election and Several Numbers, Formally Published in the Christian Advocate and Journal. 2011-12-08T03:00:27.177Z Men have much to say about the foreknowledge of God, the predestination and election of the human race, or of a portion of it, and such like. Godey's Lady's Book, Vol. XLII., May 1851 Who can fail to see the divine predestination shown forth by the double meeting of blood from every part of the world in the veins of one man? Dante. An essay. To which is added a translation of De Monarchia. Already the family of Aaron had been preferred to his, but the prospect of monopolising the Divine predestination has no charm for this faithful and patriotic heart. The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Exodus The ninth and following articles contain the doctrine of original sin, of justification by faith alone, of predestination, &c. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 2 Amiel to Atrauli Suffice it to say that the reviewer’s whole ground of defence against the arguments of the sermon, on the question of predestination, is solely this Arminian explanation of the doctrine of predestination. Calvinistic Controversy Embracing a Sermon on Predestination and Election and Several Numbers, Formally Published in the Christian Advocate and Journal. 2011-12-08T03:00:27.177Z Thus, if there is any just or plausible complaint, it must be directed against predestination. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. VIII Family councils decreed that he should fill an important inherited place in the business world; but temperament was too strong for predestination. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 15 He had embraced the Motazilite doctrine about free will and predestination, and was in particular shocked at the opinion which had spread among the Moslem doctors that the Koran was the uncreated word of God. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 1 "Calhoun" to "Camoens" Prayer, however, is regarded as an impertinent interference with the Creator; while, at the same time, instead of the fatalistic predestination of Mahommedanism, the freedom of the human will is distinctly maintained. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 7 "Drama" to "Dublin" I cannot approve of the reviewer’s censures upon my manner of treating the doctrine of predestination. Calvinistic Controversy Embracing a Sermon on Predestination and Election and Several Numbers, Formally Published in the Christian Advocate and Journal. 2011-12-08T03:00:27.177Z But whether they will allow it or not, predestination is manifest in Adam's posterity. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. VIII Providence implies first, provision, and second, predestination in accordance with the divine plan for the government of the world. Jewish Theology Of the controversies in which he embarked, one of the most important was that in which he defended his doctrine concerning predestination and election. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 1 "Calhoun" to "Camoens" And the New Testament is full of assurances that a predestination to a low vocation in this world may be a predestination to high glory in eternity, if the humble calling is faithfully followed. St. Paul's Epistle to the Romans, Vol. II A Practical Exposition He says, my “view of predestination is a determination of God to produce a given result by his own immediate and efficient energy.” Calvinistic Controversy Embracing a Sermon on Predestination and Election and Several Numbers, Formally Published in the Christian Advocate and Journal. 2011-12-08T03:00:27.177Z There is, I think, no point on which St. Paul has been more misrepresented than on his teaching about predestination. St. Paul's Epistle to the Romans, Vol. I A Practical Exposition This theory of predestination, however, presents a grave difficulty when we consider it in relation to man's morality with its implication of self-determination. Jewish Theology The orthodox faith also, whose strong representative and defender had hitherto been the caliph, was shaken by the fact that Yazid III. belonged to the sect of the Qadaris who rejected the doctrine of predestination. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 1 "Calhoun" to "Camoens" St. Paul never gives us any real justification—if we look at his language carefully—for the idea of any predestination to rejection, as distinct from predestination to higher or lower purposes. St. Paul's Epistle to the Romans, Vol. II A Practical Exposition Their arguments against each other, and the logical consequences which they urge against each other’s views, are, in many cases, precisely the same that we should advance, and have often urged, in opposition to predestination. Calvinistic Controversy Embracing a Sermon on Predestination and Election and Several Numbers, Formally Published in the Christian Advocate and Journal. 2011-12-08T03:00:27.177Z This is the moral use St. Paul makes of the doctrine of predestination. St. Paul's Epistle to the Romans, Vol. I A Practical Exposition The Jewish conception of divine predestination makes as much allowance as possible for the moral freedom of man. Jewish Theology The conversation instantly assumes, and throughout sustains, an intensely controversial character, and Raphael and Gabriel, though two to one, and moreover angel versus man, are hard put to it on predestination and free-will. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 353, March 1845 Even Calvin himself stated, that he had some scruples whether predestination could be reconciled with God's wisdom, the rock upon which this doctrine has always foundered.' Tales from the German. Volume II. The Lichtensteins, The Sorceress, The Anabaptist In the second place, it is designed, by a new philosophy of predestination, to get rid of the “logical consequences” that have always pressed heavily upon the old system. Calvinistic Controversy Embracing a Sermon on Predestination and Election and Several Numbers, Formally Published in the Christian Advocate and Journal. 2011-12-08T03:00:27.177Z And it is to do egregious violence to his general teaching to suggest that he entertained the idea of persons created with an opposite predestination—to eternal misery. St. Paul's Epistle to the Romans, Vol. I A Practical Exposition For should his freedom be limited by any kind of predestination, he would be deprived of his moral responsibility, which constitutes his real greatness. Jewish Theology On one side is predestination that damns, on the other, justice that strikes—two terrible monsters. Priests, Women, and Families Predestination St. Paul's mind is full of the idea of predestination. St. Paul's Epistle to the Ephesians A Practical Exposition The sermon charges predestination with making God the author of sin. Calvinistic Controversy Embracing a Sermon on Predestination and Election and Several Numbers, Formally Published in the Christian Advocate and Journal. 2011-12-08T03:00:27.177Z But it was otherwise decreed in the great book of predestination. Pretty Michal Thus Maimonides expressly states in his Code that the belief in predestination cannot be allowed to influence one's moral or religious character. Jewish Theology He embraced alike the theory of purgatory and the Presbyterian tenets of predestination and justification. The Story of Old Fort Loudon There are, we may say, two ideas commonly associated with predestination which St. Paul gives us no warrant for asserting. St. Paul's Epistle to the Ephesians A Practical Exposition Their views on predestination shall be noticed in another number. Calvinistic Controversy Embracing a Sermon on Predestination and Election and Several Numbers, Formally Published in the Christian Advocate and Journal. 2011-12-08T03:00:27.177Z Here we find election, predestination, adoption, or putting into the Son-place, Redemption, the source of redemption as well as the prize of redemption. Studies in Prophecy His old faith comes back, he sees in this supreme test a predestination. Contemporary Russian Novelists In his subsequent career, like most men exposed to wonderful vicissitudes, he professed half in jest and half in earnest a sort of confidence in fatalism and predestination. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 2, No. 8, January, 1851 The one is the predestination of individuals to eternal loss or destruction. St. Paul's Epistle to the Ephesians A Practical Exposition The present inquiry then is, are these, in very deed, the characteristics of absolute predestination? Calvinistic Controversy Embracing a Sermon on Predestination and Election and Several Numbers, Formally Published in the Christian Advocate and Journal. 2011-12-08T03:00:27.177Z The superb character, for instance, of Cæsar’s intellect throws a colossal shadow as of predestination over the most trivial incidents of his career. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 4, September, 1850 To him is due much of the precision of our views on original sin, total depravity, grace, predestination, election. History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volume I (of 2) Revised Edition The system of predestination supposes that God, in his eternal secrets, has resolved that some men should be elected, and, being thus his favorites, receive special grace. Letters to Eugenia or, a Preservative Against Religious Prejudices A palpable election, a conscious predestination controlled the free agency, and transfigured the individuality of his mind; and that, which he might have been, was compelled into that, which he was to be. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 2, July, 1850. The charge of deception and of fallacy, therefore, must be rolled back from consciousness and from the throne of God upon the doctrine of predestination. Calvinistic Controversy Embracing a Sermon on Predestination and Election and Several Numbers, Formally Published in the Christian Advocate and Journal. 2011-12-08T03:00:27.177Z It is true that the belief of the Calvinist in religious predestination may lead to a pessimistic as well as to an optimistic conclusion. German Problems and Personalities In like manner also followed the doctrines of predestination, grace, atonement. History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volume I (of 2) Revised Edition I never used to believe in predestination, but I know that of my own free will I could never have done what I did.” Stories by American Authors, Volume 3 Calvin, however, prefixed a Latin preface, remarkable for delivering positions very opposite to those tremendous doctrines of absolute predestination which, in his theological despotism, he afterwards assumed. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 3 In this passage, the kindred doctrines of predestination and election are brought into view. Calvinistic Controversy Embracing a Sermon on Predestination and Election and Several Numbers, Formally Published in the Christian Advocate and Journal. 2011-12-08T03:00:27.177Z The belief in race predestination can therefore only result in megalomania, and in Germany it has certainly resulted in the most acute, the most insane, inflation of nationalism and imperialism recorded in modern history. German Problems and Personalities On the other hand, said Gwen, that ace of hearts was indisputably the last card in the pack; and therefore the trump-card, by predestination. When Ghost Meets Ghost But let me proceed to rehearse the trials I was required to undergo before the accomplishment of that high predestination. Ringan Gilhaize or The Covenanters The subject had fallen to his hands at the very fulness of his maturity, by ‘predestination,’ as it seemed to him. The Brownings Their Life and Art I. By predestination, we understand an efficient predetermination to bring about or accomplish any future event. Calvinistic Controversy Embracing a Sermon on Predestination and Election and Several Numbers, Formally Published in the Christian Advocate and Journal. 2011-12-08T03:00:27.177Z But a lower lip is more potent than predestination. The Missourian Therein have all the saints found comfort and assurance in regard to their election to eternal life; not in any special revelation in regard to their predestination, but in faith in Christ. Epistle Sermons, Vol. III Trinity Sunday to Advent The common Marxist is apt to be sterile of effort, therefore, and intolerant—preaching predestination and salvation without works. New Worlds For Old A Plain Account of Modern Socialism The question of predestination had rent the Dutch church shortly before this time; and when the victory remained with the Calvinistic party, the opinions of the liberal Remonstrants were treated as crimes. History of Free Thought in Reference to The Christian Religion In these passages predestination and the decree of election are most clearly founded on foreknowledge. Calvinistic Controversy Embracing a Sermon on Predestination and Election and Several Numbers, Formally Published in the Christian Advocate and Journal. 2011-12-08T03:00:27.177Z Of what use man's puny human endeavors against the forces of predestination arrayed against him—the forces of heredity, temperament, opportunity? Kildares of Storm We do not apply these words of Paul to the question of divine predestination for every human being—who will be saved and who not. Epistle Sermons, Vol. III Trinity Sunday to Advent All those authorities teach predestination; which, indeed, logically follows the doctrine of an all-wise and all-powerful God. Flowers of Freethought (Second Series) When they are sure of it predestination is dead. Flowers of Freethought (First Series) This doctrine of predestination makes God the author of sin. Calvinistic Controversy Embracing a Sermon on Predestination and Election and Several Numbers, Formally Published in the Christian Advocate and Journal. 2011-12-08T03:00:27.177Z I did not sleep, as Alexander did before the battle of Arbela; but the Turks did, who were no Alexanders: opium and predestination will make philosophers of us. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 13 He was thirteen years old, and had not been vaccinated—out of regard for predestination. Walter Pieterse A Story of Holland Happily the world has long been growing away from the once wide-spread belief in predestination because it is too shocking to the modern sense of justice. Elementary Theosophy When predestination was really believed, the friends of the greatest saint only hoped he had gone to heaven. Flowers of Freethought (First Series) God, according to this doctrine, secures the end as well as the means, by his decree of predestination. Calvinistic Controversy Embracing a Sermon on Predestination and Election and Several Numbers, Formally Published in the Christian Advocate and Journal. 2011-12-08T03:00:27.177Z There is a certain theory of predestination, the Calvinistic theory, which we consider unscriptural and dangerous. The Calvinistic Doctrine of Predestination Examined and Refuted This does not, however, mean that a man is unable to change God's hypothetical decree of predestination with regard to himself into an absolute one. Grace, Actual and Habitual A Dogmatic Treatise I did not know that predestination, in the form of dirty weather, was working against me, and was about to quench all my interest in duns. Literary Tours in The Highlands and Islands of Scotland The decree of predestination was not merely a decree to punishment, but to sin. Orthodoxy: Its Truths And Errors In the first place, it makes predestination dependent on foreknowledge; for God first foresees that they will be sinners, and then predestinates them to punishment. Calvinistic Controversy Embracing a Sermon on Predestination and Election and Several Numbers, Formally Published in the Christian Advocate and Journal. 2011-12-08T03:00:27.177Z As has been said, we do not object to the doctrine of predestination, but to the Calvinistic doctrine. The Calvinistic Doctrine of Predestination Examined and Refuted Here, we are told, predestination to eternal life is given as the motive why many believed. Grace, Actual and Habitual A Dogmatic Treatise The practical part of Chinese religion may, in fact, be said to consist in predestination. Travels in China, Containing Descriptions, Observations, and Comparisons, Made and Collected in the Course of a Short Residence at the Imperial Palace of Yuen-Min-Yuen, and on a Subsequent Journey through the Country from Pekin to Canton He rejects with scorn the distinction between permitting and causing, between foreknowledge and predestination. Orthodoxy: Its Truths And Errors Here is one case then, in which the argument for Calvinian predestination is destroyed by its own supporters. Calvinistic Controversy Embracing a Sermon on Predestination and Election and Several Numbers, Formally Published in the Christian Advocate and Journal. 2011-12-08T03:00:27.177Z O, how precious is this doctrine of Divine predestination! The Calvinistic Doctrine of Predestination Examined and Refuted IX, 13: “Jacob I have loved, but Esau I have hated,” is alleged to prove the absolute predestination of Jacob and the negative reprobation of Esau. Grace, Actual and Habitual A Dogmatic Treatise “To be conformed to the image of His Son!”—it is the end of God in the predestination of His Church from all eternity. The Mind of Jesus This is the point where grace passes into predestination. Orthodoxy: Its Truths And Errors But if he did not do this, then the Calvinistic argument in favour of predestination, drawn from the Divine plan, falls to the ground. Calvinistic Controversy Embracing a Sermon on Predestination and Election and Several Numbers, Formally Published in the Christian Advocate and Journal. 2011-12-08T03:00:27.177Z In the first place, this theory of predestination is inconsistent with the doctrine of man’s free moral agency. The Calvinistic Doctrine of Predestination Examined and Refuted If the passage is interpreted typically, it should be done in harmony with the context, that is to say, as referring to the gratuity of grace, not to predestination. Grace, Actual and Habitual A Dogmatic Treatise He must touch upon doctrines so lightly, That no one can take an offence, Mustn't meddle with predestination— In short, must preach "common sense." The Wit of Women Fourth Edition He cannot make up his mind as to freewill and predestination, but in spite of this doubt expressly states his desire to find out the causes of events. The Student's Companion to Latin Authors How would he chide them for shifting their ground, and changing their system, while they nevertheless pretend to build on the same foundation of predestination! Calvinistic Controversy Embracing a Sermon on Predestination and Election and Several Numbers, Formally Published in the Christian Advocate and Journal. 2011-12-08T03:00:27.177Z This inference also has been admitted by many of the advocates of Calvinistic predestination. The Calvinistic Doctrine of Predestination Examined and Refuted A number of Thomists and Cardinal Bellarmine not only assert that Augustine taught absolute predestination, but boldly adopt his supposed teaching. Grace, Actual and Habitual A Dogmatic Treatise Well might that superlative woman, Mrs. Susanna Wesley, say, “The doctrine of predestination, as maintained by rigid Calvinists, is very shocking, and ought utterly to be abhorred.” On Calvinism For it is well known that the stoics were a very extensive sect among the heathens, and it is equally known that they held an absolute fatality, that is, absolute predestination. A Solemn Caution Against the Ten Horns of Calvinism Those who accord with the sentiments here defended, will of course approve; and those who believe in predestination will of course be reconciled to the preaching because God hath decreed it. Calvinistic Controversy Embracing a Sermon on Predestination and Election and Several Numbers, Formally Published in the Christian Advocate and Journal. 2011-12-08T03:00:27.177Z And what is the effect of the Calvinistic theory of predestination upon the doctrine of regeneration? The Calvinistic Doctrine of Predestination Examined and Refuted He wills the eternal happiness of all men antecedenter, and the reprobation of some only consequenter; hence eternal predestination is not absolute, but hypothetical, that is, it depends on merit. Grace, Actual and Habitual A Dogmatic Treatise And all we contend for is, that such a state of things can never be explained on the supposition of absolute predestination or inevitable necessity, founded on the irreversible decrees of Heaven. On Calvinism The following positions, concerning absolute predestination, I hope to make appear. A Solemn Caution Against the Ten Horns of Calvinism This sermon had been before the public almost two years before it received any notice, so far as the author is informed, from any of the advocates of predestination. Calvinistic Controversy Embracing a Sermon on Predestination and Election and Several Numbers, Formally Published in the Christian Advocate and Journal. 2011-12-08T03:00:27.177Z My hearers will, by this time, be fully convinced that I have not misstated the Calvinistic doctrine of Divine predestination. The Calvinistic Doctrine of Predestination Examined and Refuted Perhaps the worst feature of the theory of absolute predestination is the fact that it involves the absolute reprobation of those not predestined to glory. Grace, Actual and Habitual A Dogmatic Treatise Supposing the Calvinistic doctrine of predestination to be founded in truth, the very existence of the visible Church in its present form is a mystery which requires to be solved. On Calvinism But, according to the scheme of absolute predestination, all is settled and fixed already; then there is no judging of every man “according to his works,” but according to what is before ordained concerning him. A Solemn Caution Against the Ten Horns of Calvinism I allude now more especially to his views of predestination. Calvinistic Controversy Embracing a Sermon on Predestination and Election and Several Numbers, Formally Published in the Christian Advocate and Journal. 2011-12-08T03:00:27.177Z It would very naturally be expected of a preacher, selecting this passage as the foundation of his discourse, that he would have something to say upon the subject of predestination. The Calvinistic Doctrine of Predestination Examined and Refuted The Latin Fathers before St. Augustine all without exception taught hypothetical predestination. Grace, Actual and Habitual A Dogmatic Treatise The terms election and predestination, with their correlates, are of frequent occurrence in the New Testament, and with various significations, which are to be explained by the particular subjects to which they refer. On Calvinism These two testimonies from the Old Testament cut off all absolute predestination at a stroke. A Solemn Caution Against the Ten Horns of Calvinism On election there is evidently a greater difference between us; and yet it strikes me when a man discards Calvinian predestination, consistency would require that the peculiarities of Calvinian election should be discarded also. Calvinistic Controversy Embracing a Sermon on Predestination and Election and Several Numbers, Formally Published in the Christian Advocate and Journal. 2011-12-08T03:00:27.177Z Here you see how you shall avoid the scrupulous and most dangerous question of the predestination of God. The Pulpit Of The Reformation, Nos. 1, 2, 3 and 4. But even if praeordinati were synonymous with praedestinati, the text would merely say that certain predestined souls embraced the faith, without affording any clue as to the relation between conversion and predestination. Grace, Actual and Habitual A Dogmatic Treatise They assume the designation of moderate Calvinists, not perceiving that the doctrines of particular redemption, and special grace, and exclusive assumption of a filial relation to God, are untenable when absolute predestination is exploded. On Calvinism If that is the case, then absolute predestination manifestly contradicts the plain testimony of Scripture, and therefore must spring from the father of lies; and, as such, is to be abhorred. A Solemn Caution Against the Ten Horns of Calvinism Let it be shown that the Scriptures use “foreordination,” or “predestination,” in the sense of mere permission—not absolutely hindering. Calvinistic Controversy Embracing a Sermon on Predestination and Election and Several Numbers, Formally Published in the Christian Advocate and Journal. 2011-12-08T03:00:27.177Z By substituting “that” for “because,” there is no support to predestination. The Doctrines of Predestination, Reprobation, and Election But many theologians hold that Esau was saved, and, besides, the Apostle is not dealing with predestination to glory, but with Jacob's vocation to be the progenitor of the Messias. Grace, Actual and Habitual A Dogmatic Treatise His dislike to the doctrine of predestination, ii. Critical and Historical Essays, Volume III (of 3) Whether it be heathenism or not, I am certain that absolute predestination is. A Solemn Caution Against the Ten Horns of Calvinism Does predestination in these passages mean merely to permit, or not to hinder? and do these passages teach a personal election to eternal life? Calvinistic Controversy Embracing a Sermon on Predestination and Election and Several Numbers, Formally Published in the Christian Advocate and Journal. 2011-12-08T03:00:27.177Z There is here a clear “Thus saith the Lord” against the dogma of universal predestination. The Doctrines of Predestination, Reprobation, and Election For whatever merits one may have acquired before he receives the initial grace of vocation, must be purely natural, and consequently worthless in the eyes of God for supernatural predestination. Grace, Actual and Habitual A Dogmatic Treatise Sitting up until midnight listening to the discussions of those reverend gentlemen upon baptism, original sin, predestination, and other doctrinal points, her thought was early turned to religious questions. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume I Perhaps you can reconcile freewill and predestination—the need of a universal atonement and the existence of individual virtue? The Perpetual Curate I have just received a pamphlet of about forty-eight pages, containing a series of letters, in answer to my sermon on predestination and election. Calvinistic Controversy Embracing a Sermon on Predestination and Election and Several Numbers, Formally Published in the Christian Advocate and Journal. 2011-12-08T03:00:27.177Z We have thus seen that those passages so much relied on have really no bearing upon reprobation or predestination. The Doctrines of Predestination, Reprobation, and Election The strongest text alleged by the advocates of absolute predestination is Rom. Grace, Actual and Habitual A Dogmatic Treatise And whosoever upholds free will—namely, man’s capacity to turn to God as and when he will—denies predestination and the grace of God. One Snowy Night Long ago at Oxford This is so plain, that Dr. Macknight, though an advocate of the Calvinistic dogma of predestination, refuses to employ that portion of Scripture in support of his doctrine. A Theodicy, or, Vindication of the Divine Glory While the doctrine of predestination was in this manner going to seed, and bearing its legitimate fruits, in one direction, it received a remarkably plausible modification in another. Calvinistic Controversy Embracing a Sermon on Predestination and Election and Several Numbers, Formally Published in the Christian Advocate and Journal. 2011-12-08T03:00:27.177Z About this time certain clergymen of Delft had become dissatisfied with the doctrine of predestination, and Arminius was commissioned to answer them. The Doctrines of Predestination, Reprobation, and Election Here the Apostle really seems to have thought of predestination. Grace, Actual and Habitual A Dogmatic Treatise It belongs in the same class with ‘chance’ and ‘predestination’ and ‘luck.’ The Dominant Dollar Notwithstanding his most elaborate defence of predestination, he may well say, that “a cloud still hangs over the subject,” and darkens the mercy of God. A Theodicy, or, Vindication of the Divine Glory By which is meant, according to the glossary, the doctrine of unconditional election and reprobation, and of absolute predestination. Calvinistic Controversy Embracing a Sermon on Predestination and Election and Several Numbers, Formally Published in the Christian Advocate and Journal. 2011-12-08T03:00:27.177Z At a little distance were seen three dancers arm-in-arm, a lean, starved platitude, a rosy, dimpled joke, and a steel-ribbed sermon on predestination. The World I Live In It is solely by reason of His infallible foreknowledge of these merits that God's hypothetical decree of predestination becomes absolute. Grace, Actual and Habitual A Dogmatic Treatise Helwys and his followers were Arminians, repudiating with heat the Calvinistic doctrine of predestination. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon" The Calvinistic scheme of predestination, it is pretended, derives support from revelation. A Theodicy, or, Vindication of the Divine Glory The present advocates of predestination and particular election may be divided into four classes:—1. Calvinistic Controversy Embracing a Sermon on Predestination and Election and Several Numbers, Formally Published in the Christian Advocate and Journal. 2011-12-08T03:00:27.177Z Bah! my mother," answered the regent, laughing, "have you become a sufficiently good Catholic no longer to believe in predestination? The Conspirators The Chevalier d'Harmental His faithful disciple St. Prosper writes: “No Catholic denies predestination by God.” Grace, Actual and Habitual A Dogmatic Treatise In the Old Testament predestination is not to character or fate, to salvation or its opposite, to eternal life or eternal punishment, but to service, or some particular form of service, for God and man. Jeremiah : Being The Baird Lecture for 1922 On the ground of reason, he believes in an absolute predestination of all things; and yet he concludes from experience that man is free. A Theodicy, or, Vindication of the Divine Glory The sermon on predestination was against Calvinism, and lo! all parties rise up against the sermon. Calvinistic Controversy Embracing a Sermon on Predestination and Election and Several Numbers, Formally Published in the Christian Advocate and Journal. 2011-12-08T03:00:27.177Z It began with predestination; it ends with glorification. The Faithful Promiser Without concealing our conviction that absolute predestination is untenable, we shall set forth both theories impartially and examine the arguments on which they rely. Grace, Actual and Habitual A Dogmatic Treatise Part at least was his faith in his predestination, the bare sense that God Almighty meant him from before his beginning for the work, and was gripping him to it till the close. Jeremiah : Being The Baird Lecture for 1922 Such an idea of free-will, it must be confessed, is very well adopted by one who intends to maintain “a rigid and absolute predestination” of all events. A Theodicy, or, Vindication of the Divine Glory It is true, responds No 3, that all who hold and explain predestination as Nos. Calvinistic Controversy Embracing a Sermon on Predestination and Election and Several Numbers, Formally Published in the Christian Advocate and Journal. 2011-12-08T03:00:27.177Z To discuss predestination and election over dinner is not nice, but still less is it nice to have to make talk with a fool, and to be obliged to answer her according to her folly. Modern Women and What is Said of Them A Reprint of A Series of Articles in the Saturday Review (1868) Sacred Scripture occasionally refers to another “Book of Life,” which contains the names of all the faithful, irrespective of their predestination. Grace, Actual and Habitual A Dogmatic Treatise So with Jeremiah in regard both to his own predestination and that of his people. Jeremiah : Being The Baird Lecture for 1922 How perfectly it shapes the freedom of man to fit the doctrine of predestination! A Theodicy, or, Vindication of the Divine Glory Hence in any reply to my sermon on predestination and election it was natural and fair that the first inquiry should be, Are the definitions correct? Calvinistic Controversy Embracing a Sermon on Predestination and Election and Several Numbers, Formally Published in the Christian Advocate and Journal. 2011-12-08T03:00:27.177Z Yet I desire a more thorough exposition of the doctrines of predestination, of the consent of the will, of the necessity of our obedience, and of the sin unto death. Historical Introductions to the Symbolical Books of the Evangelical Lutheran Church In both cases predestination depends upon a future condition. Grace, Actual and Habitual A Dogmatic Treatise The writers of the Old Testament give full expression to the idea of predestination, but what they understand by it is not what much of Jewish and Christian theology has understood. Jeremiah : Being The Baird Lecture for 1922 But we submit it to the candid reader, if he be not more like the prince of predestination, than the great God of heaven and earth? A Theodicy, or, Vindication of the Divine Glory The definition of predestination assumed in the sermon was, that unalterable purpose and efficient decree of God, by which the moral character and responsible acts of man were definitely fixed and efficiently produced. Calvinistic Controversy Embracing a Sermon on Predestination and Election and Several Numbers, Formally Published in the Christian Advocate and Journal. 2011-12-08T03:00:27.177Z For if one forever torments himself with predestination, all one gains is anguish of soul. Historical Introductions to the Symbolical Books of the Evangelical Lutheran Church Whatever promotes our salvation is included in the infallible foreknowledge of God, and consequently also in the scope of predestination. Grace, Actual and Habitual A Dogmatic Treatise Having this experience of God's ways with man it was not possible for Jeremiah to succumb to those influences of a strong unqualified faith in predestination which have often overwhelmed the personalities of its devotees. Jeremiah : Being The Baird Lecture for 1922 We are not sure that the human mind, so little and so assuming, appears to any very great advantage in its advocacy of the Calvinistic scheme of predestination. A Theodicy, or, Vindication of the Divine Glory And yet they themselves acknowledge that the sermon is an unanswerable refutation of predestination as held by Dr. Tyler and others who oppose their views. Calvinistic Controversy Embracing a Sermon on Predestination and Election and Several Numbers, Formally Published in the Christian Advocate and Journal. 2011-12-08T03:00:27.177Z It is a punishment of their previous sins and not a result of God's predestination when sinners are hardened; nor does such hardening signify that it never was God's good pleasure to save them. Historical Introductions to the Symbolical Books of the Evangelical Lutheran Church But the text really says nothing at all about predestination. Grace, Actual and Habitual A Dogmatic Treatise All my life I have planned to outwit predestination. The Jessica Letters: An Editor's Romance Such is the picture of the divine justice, which the advocates of predestination have presented, from the time of Augustine, the great founder of the doctrine, down to the present day. A Theodicy, or, Vindication of the Divine Glory To conclude: from the view taken in this number it appears that one class of Calvinists acknowledge that predestination is chargeable with all that was included in my definition of it. Calvinistic Controversy Embracing a Sermon on Predestination and Election and Several Numbers, Formally Published in the Christian Advocate and Journal. 2011-12-08T03:00:27.177Z Hence these and similar thoughts about God's predestination must be judged and decided from the Word of God's grace and mercy. Historical Introductions to the Symbolical Books of the Evangelical Lutheran Church There can be no absolute and positive predestination to eternal punishment, and the pains of hell can be threatened only in view of mortal sin. Grace, Actual and Habitual A Dogmatic Treatise The predestination of Allah is from all eternity; what is written in the Book of Life cannot be effaced. Eastern Tales by Many Story Tellers They tell us, that the predestination of the greater part of mankind to eternal death is “to the praise of God's glorious justice.” A Theodicy, or, Vindication of the Divine Glory Another, and a rapidly increasing class, have given up Calvinian predestination, and, in all but the name, have in that point come on to the Methodist ground. Calvinistic Controversy Embracing a Sermon on Predestination and Election and Several Numbers, Formally Published in the Christian Advocate and Journal. 2011-12-08T03:00:27.177Z Considering these factors, which for decades had been making for a theological storm, one may feel rather surprised that a controversy on predestination had not arisen long ago. Historical Introductions to the Symbolical Books of the Evangelical Lutheran Church Scotus in his controversy with Henry of Ghent shows a disposition to favor absolute predestination, but leaves the question open. Grace, Actual and Habitual A Dogmatic Treatise Their speech was infected with Pelagianism and Arianism; on several points of dogma they agreed with Catholics—on predestination, for example, and on the merit of works. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 09 If we mistake not, the scheme of predestination, or rather the doctrine of election, which lies at its foundation, is, when rightly understood, perfectly consistent with the impartiality and glory of the goodness of God. A Theodicy, or, Vindication of the Divine Glory The more common terms are decree, predestination, foreordination, predetermination, purpose, &c.—These are all authoritative terms, and carry with them the idea of absolute sovereignty. Calvinistic Controversy Embracing a Sermon on Predestination and Election and Several Numbers, Formally Published in the Christian Advocate and Journal. 2011-12-08T03:00:27.177Z Whenever the doctrine of predestination causes despair or carnal security, it has been either misrepresented or misunderstood. Historical Introductions to the Symbolical Books of the Evangelical Lutheran Church Consequently, the eternal decree of predestination itself, like its temporal execution, depends on good works or merit. Grace, Actual and Habitual A Dogmatic Treatise Gautier had a theory to the effect that to be a member of the Academy was simply and solely a matter of predestination. The Merry-Go-Round In the preceding part, we considered the doctrine of predestination, under the name of necessity, in its relation to the origin of evil. A Theodicy, or, Vindication of the Divine Glory In corroboration of the foregoing views it should also be borne in mind, that the Calvinists uniformly use these very same terms, decree, predestination, &c, in the same sense, in reference to all events. Calvinistic Controversy Embracing a Sermon on Predestination and Election and Several Numbers, Formally Published in the Christian Advocate and Journal. 2011-12-08T03:00:27.177Z In a letter of comfort, dated April 30, 1531, Luther refers to the fact that he, too, had passed through temptation concerning predestination. Historical Introductions to the Symbolical Books of the Evangelical Lutheran Church She knew he had doubts concerning close communion, and she had heard him say that certain complications of predestination and free will did not appear reasonable to him. The Wizard's Daughter and Other Stories This was shown in his conversation with Kennedy on the subject of the Trinity and of predestination. My Recollections of Lord Byron This is certainly true, if the divine justice is fairly represented in the scheme of predestination; for that is clearly unlike all that is called justice among men. A Theodicy, or, Vindication of the Divine Glory They say, God’s decrees extend to all events, physical and moral, good and evil, by which they must mean, if they mean any thing intelligible, that his predestination bears the same relation to all events. Calvinistic Controversy Embracing a Sermon on Predestination and Election and Several Numbers, Formally Published in the Christian Advocate and Journal. 2011-12-08T03:00:27.177Z Here, here, I say, and nowhere else, a man can learn the true art of predestination. Historical Introductions to the Symbolical Books of the Evangelical Lutheran Church But the firm belief of the "tiger-slayer" in predestination, makes him blind to all danger. Heads and Tales : or, Anecdotes and Stories of Quadrupeds and Other Beasts, Chiefly Connected with Incidents in the Histories of More or Less Distinguished Men. The same great doctrines, good or bad,—regeneration, predestination, atonement, the future life, the final judgment, the Divine Reason or Logos, and the Trinity. The Sympathy of Religions "Look here, Miss Tupper," said Skippy, beginning to be convinced of his own predestination for the gallows, as he instinctively felt the sentimental value of the rôle. Skippy Bedelle His Sentimental Progress From the Urchin to the Complete Man of the World That the view I have taken of predestination is correct, appears evident from the Calvinistic doctrine of motives, especially when this doctrine is viewed in connection with the Calvinistic theory of depravity. Calvinistic Controversy Embracing a Sermon on Predestination and Election and Several Numbers, Formally Published in the Christian Advocate and Journal. 2011-12-08T03:00:27.177Z In its doctrine of predestination as well as of free will, therefore, the Formula of Concord is not a compromise between synergism and monergism, but signifies a victory of Luther over the later Melanchthon. Historical Introductions to the Symbolical Books of the Evangelical Lutheran Church God will not hold us responsible to understand the mysteries of election, predestination and the divine sovereignty. The Pursuit of God As a rule he speaks of predestination in connection with the saints, those who are saved. A Source Book for Ancient Church History In fact, many parts of Scripture are against the doctrine of predestination, and Scripture is always against the doctrine of perseverance in sin. Spiritual Reformers in the 16th & 17th Centuries Turn this system, then, as you will, you find this doctrine of predestination binding the human mind, and efficiently producing all the volitions of the moral universe. Calvinistic Controversy Embracing a Sermon on Predestination and Election and Several Numbers, Formally Published in the Christian Advocate and Journal. 2011-12-08T03:00:27.177Z Calvin was right when he designated his predestination theory, which denies universal grace, a "horrible decree." Historical Introductions to the Symbolical Books of the Evangelical Lutheran Church In his subsequent career, like most men exposed to wonderful vicissitudes, he professed, half in jest and half in earnest, a sort of confidence in fatalism and predestination. The International Monthly, Volume 2, No. 4, March, 1851 Augustine does not commonly speak of predestination of the wicked, i.e., those who are not among the elect and consequently predestinated to grace and salvation. A Source Book for Ancient Church History And a dyspeptic ancestor is worse for a boy than predestination, in my opinion. Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1907 to 1908 By what has been said on the theory of Calvinistic predestination, it will be seen, I think, that this system involves such necessity of moral action as is incompatible with free agency. Calvinistic Controversy Embracing a Sermon on Predestination and Election and Several Numbers, Formally Published in the Christian Advocate and Journal. 2011-12-08T03:00:27.177Z If we therefore abide by, and cleave to, predestination as it is revealed to us in God's Word, "it is a very useful, salutary, consolatory doctrine." Historical Introductions to the Symbolical Books of the Evangelical Lutheran Church Especially was he edified on the night that his white brother held46 forth upon the doctrine of predestination. The heart of happy hollow A collection of stories This point has a bearing in connection with the controversy on predestination in the ninth century, in which Gottschalk reasserted the theory of a double predestination. A Source Book for Ancient Church History So strictly were Arminian doctrines cherished, that no person under a dean was permitted to discourse on predestination, election, reprobation, efficacy, or universality of God's grace. A Modern History, From the Time of Luther to the Fall of Napoleon For the Use of Schools and Colleges How much more consistent to say, Since it is evident the mind is free, and since the doctrine of predestination is apparently incompatible with that freedom, therefore this doctrine should be exploded! Calvinistic Controversy Embracing a Sermon on Predestination and Election and Several Numbers, Formally Published in the Christian Advocate and Journal. 2011-12-08T03:00:27.177Z For I hear that everywhere among the nobles and magnates profane sayings are spread concerning predestination or divine prescience. Historical Introductions to the Symbolical Books of the Evangelical Lutheran Church For instance, I cannot make out their doctrine about faith, about the sacraments, about predestination, about the Church, about the inspiration of Scripture. Loss and Gain The Story of a Convert The Augustinian doctrines of predestination and grace could not stand the test of the appeal to antiquity. A Source Book for Ancient Church History The latter did not agree with him respecting perfection, nor election, nor predestination; and, when this disagreement had become fixed, an alienation took place, succeeded by actual bitterness and hostility. A Modern History, From the Time of Luther to the Fall of Napoleon For the Use of Schools and Colleges If I am correct here, it follows that, predestinarians themselves being judges, the doctrine of predestination is not so clear as some other moral truths. Calvinistic Controversy Embracing a Sermon on Predestination and Election and Several Numbers, Formally Published in the Christian Advocate and Journal. 2011-12-08T03:00:27.177Z Wherever Luther touches on predestination both before and after 1525, essentially the same thoughts are found, though not developed as extensively as in De Servo Arbitrio. Historical Introductions to the Symbolical Books of the Evangelical Lutheran Church All the way La Salle conversed with me of matters of piety, grace, and predestination. The Adventures of the Chevalier De La Salle and His Companions, in Their Explorations of the Prairies, Forests, Lakes, and Rivers, of the New World, and Their Interviews with the Savage Tribes, Two Hundred Years Ago The controversies on the ministry, on predestination, on conversion and synergism, while expressive of deep conviction and loyalty to the Truth, do not form a chapter in our history of which Lutherans can feel proud. American Lutheranism Volume 2: The United Lutheran Church (General Synod, General Council, United Synod in the South) The right establishing of this will help us to conceive aright of his counsel of predestination. The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning But, that the argument may be set in as strong light as possible, let the evidence of predestination be adduced. Calvinistic Controversy Embracing a Sermon on Predestination and Election and Several Numbers, Formally Published in the Christian Advocate and Journal. 2011-12-08T03:00:27.177Z In order to manifest its consolatory power predestination must be presented in proper relation to the revealed order of salvation. Historical Introductions to the Symbolical Books of the Evangelical Lutheran Church His reading, especially in theological matters, was extensive; and he was already a voluminous author on subjects which ranged from predestination to tobacco. History of the English People, Volume V Puritan England, 1603-1660 We know exactly what the position of Missouri is in the doctrines of conversion and predestination. American Lutheranism Volume 2: The United Lutheran Church (General Synod, General Council, United Synod in the South) And predestination falls out, not according to our carriage, but according to the purpose of him who “works all things” that he works, “after the counsel of his own will,” without consulting our will. The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning So the New-Haven divines have done to support predestination, and to this all Calvinists are driven in their attempts to reconcile free will, or the power of choice, with their doctrine of motives, dependence &c. Calvinistic Controversy Embracing a Sermon on Predestination and Election and Several Numbers, Formally Published in the Christian Advocate and Journal. 2011-12-08T03:00:27.177Z My dear master and friend N. has informed me that you are at times in tribulation about God's eternal predestination, and requested me to write you this short letter on that matter. Historical Introductions to the Symbolical Books of the Evangelical Lutheran Church William was born somewhere in a Methodist parsonage, and his name is probably written on the first page of the oldest predestination volume in Heaven. A Circuit Rider's Wife Moreover, the doctrine of predestination is, as it were, the bacteriological test whether one's Lutheran blood is really and absolutely free from synergistic infection also in the doctrines of conversion and justification. American Lutheranism Volume 2: The United Lutheran Church (General Synod, General Council, United Synod in the South) They could not agree as to the Calvinistic doctrine of predestination. A History of the Four Georges, Volume II But it is the object of the sermon and of the following controversy to show that Calvinistic predestination is, on any ground of consistency, utterly irreconcilable with mental freedom. Calvinistic Controversy Embracing a Sermon on Predestination and Election and Several Numbers, Formally Published in the Christian Advocate and Journal. 2011-12-08T03:00:27.177Z Nor is it probable that he would ever have entered upon the question of predestination to such an extent as he did in De Servo Arbitrio, if the provocation had not come from without. Historical Introductions to the Symbolical Books of the Evangelical Lutheran Church The doctrine of predestination is the devil's own doctrine. The Return Of The Soul 1896 Synergistic Predestination.—Synergism in the doctrine of conversion naturally leads to synergistic teaching on predestination. American Lutheranism Volume 2: The United Lutheran Church (General Synod, General Council, United Synod in the South) He sees, in imagination, Mr. Elmer Small, from Augusta, Maine, preaching predestination to a company of Karens, in a house of reeds, and the Rev. Geo. Saint Patrick 1887 I believe in the doctrines of foreknowledge and predestination, as thus expounded. The New England Magazine Volume 1, No. 3, March, 1886 Bay State Monthly Volume 4, No. 3, March, 1886 In his public preaching and teaching predestination never predominated. Historical Introductions to the Symbolical Books of the Evangelical Lutheran Church He adds that the doctrines of the Lord's Supper and of predestination are expounded in a thoroughly Calvinistic manner. History of the Rise of the Huguenots Vol. 1 Calvin teaches a predestination to heaven or hell; St. Paul here speaks of an appointment to certain duties on earth. The Books of the New Testament To-day predestination no longer involves the same reaction, even if dropped into a conference of selected "Wee Frees." A Labrador Doctor The Autobiography of Wilfred Thomason Grenfell Dickens deliberately invents all that rather heavy kindness in order to show up Paul’s predestination and tragedy. Appreciations and Criticisms of the Works of Charles Dickens Luther's sermons and books preached and published before as well as after 1525 refute the idea that he ever made predestination, let alone predestinarianism, the center of his teaching and preaching. Historical Introductions to the Symbolical Books of the Evangelical Lutheran Church And the new horror of his own day, the Calvinist predestination, he expressly and frequently repudiates. Milton Without discussing the problems raised by God's predestination of the Jews, he says that they were "appointed" unto stumbling, and their stumbling seems to be regarded as the punishment which God attached to their disobedience. The Books of the New Testament But the freedom is not incompatible with the predestination, nor the predestination with the freedom. Mind and Motion and Monism Pity that the people were afraid of cholera; they did not exhibit the virtue of resignation to Divine predestination any more than our Sooni-Moslems of the south had done. Byeways in Palestine The essential features of Calvin's doctrine of predestination were embodied in most of the Reformed confessions. Historical Introductions to the Symbolical Books of the Evangelical Lutheran Church The chief of these questions respected the origin of the Koran, the nature of God, predestination and free will, and the grounds of human salvation. Historical Sketches, Volume I (of 3) The Turks in Their Relation to Europe; Marcus Tullius Cicero; Apollonius of Tyana; Primitive Christianity In the same way, she was always on a battleground between the claims of her own rampant freewill and her sanctified belief in predestination. The Brentons In this reply Robin’s mind was running on previous conversations which he had had with his friend on predestination. The Battery and the Boiler Adventures in Laying of Submarine Electric Cables M. de Montaigne, have you ever studied the doctrine of predestination? Imaginary Conversations and Poems A Selection In Bern all discussions on predestination were prohibited by the city council. Historical Introductions to the Symbolical Books of the Evangelical Lutheran Church God, predestination, the angels good and bad, the books and the traditions of the 124,000 prophets, the resurrection and judgment, eternal reward and punishment. Modern Persia Certainly, thought I, nothing was ever more strongly pronounced than the doctrine of predestination has been in this instance. The Adventures of Hajji Baba of Ispahan The metaphor has often been pressed into the service of a doctrine of unconditional and irreversible predestination. Expositions of Holy Scripture Second Corinthians, Galatians, and Philippians Chapters I to End. Colossians, Thessalonians, and First Timothy. And if I had been a doctor or a captain, I should have had a cobweb and predestination in the place of them. Imaginary Conversations and Poems A Selection In Article XVI of the Belgic Confession we read: In predestination God proved Himself to be what He is in reality, viz., merciful and just. Historical Introductions to the Symbolical Books of the Evangelical Lutheran Church The doctrine of abrogation clashes with this idea, but they meet the objection by their theory of absolute predestination. The Faith of Islam I had not yet become a sufficiently good Mussulman to receive comfort from predestination, and I absolutely sobbed aloud at my own folly, for having voluntarily been the cause of my present misery. The Adventures of Hajji Baba of Ispahan It can only be finished by the cross on which we were engendered in Christ, and the mystery of our predestination is accomplished. The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March Crude tragedy carries with it its own conviction of predestination. White Ashes Nor does he, as did Calvin, employ predestination as a corrective and regulative norm for interpreting, limiting, invalidating, annulling, or casting doubt upon, any of the blessed truths of the Gospel. Historical Introductions to the Symbolical Books of the Evangelical Lutheran Church No subject has been more warmly discussed in Isl�m than that of predestination. The Faith of Islam The whole has been the business of predestination, and if ye are Mussulmans, will ye dare to oppose that?' The Adventures of Hajji Baba of Ispahan Why, don't you know, you little goose, that these are signs of your predestination? My New Curate When he is wound up he will break out in a cold sepulchral tone with, firstly: "foreordination!" secondly: "predestination!" and thirdly: "the final perseverance of the saints!" Gov. Bob. Taylor's Tales Hence Melanchthon, the father of synergism in conversion, was also the author of a synergistic predestination. Historical Introductions to the Symbolical Books of the Evangelical Lutheran Church My sainted parents, both good Presbyterians in their day, would doubtless have urged predestination. The Statesmen Snowbound And we must needs admit that the union itself of natures in the Person of Christ falls under the eternal predestination of God. Summa Theologica, Part III (Tertia Pars) From the Complete American Edition By charms they cured every kind of disease, provided predestination had not determined that the sick man's days were at an end. The Mysteries of All Nations Rise and Progress of Superstition, Laws Against and Trials of Witches, Ancient and Modern Delusions Together With Strange Customs, Fables, and Tales And Adrian—mark the predestination—Adrian is childless. The Lady Paramount But in the entire Apology I have avoided that long and inexplicable disputation concerning predestination. Historical Introductions to the Symbolical Books of the Evangelical Lutheran Church They would, however, die in their tracks before they would ever let up on the good old church doctrines, especially predestination. Something of Men I Have Known With Some Papers of a General Nature, Political, Historical, and Retrospective Consequently, by reason of human nature alone can predestination be attributed to Christ. Summa Theologica, Part III (Tertia Pars) From the Complete American Edition In Denmark the king spoke learnedly to the great men of the state, whom he convinced of his superior knowledge: he disputed on predestination and other favourite topics. The Mysteries of All Nations Rise and Progress of Superstition, Laws Against and Trials of Witches, Ancient and Modern Delusions Together With Strange Customs, Fables, and Tales Or again, it appears to me even now, Christian as I am, judging as a plain man, that predestination contradicts free-will; and no explanation can make them both reasonable. By What Authority? This Formula, which was probably prepared by Jacob Andreae, treated in its first article the Lord's Supper; in its second, predestination. Historical Introductions to the Symbolical Books of the Evangelical Lutheran Church Even here then the notion is expressed that foreknowledge and predestination invest the known and the determined with a kind of existence. History of Dogma, Volume 1 (of 7) Therefore Christ's predestination is not the cause of ours. Summa Theologica, Part III (Tertia Pars) From the Complete American Edition Are we the creatures of the merest chance, or of eternal predestination through all time, if there be such a thing as time at all? Confessions of an Etonian The foreknowledge of God closed the question henceforth, and, if proof were needed, made predestination plain. By What Authority? Everywhere I speak as though predestination follows our faith and works. Historical Introductions to the Symbolical Books of the Evangelical Lutheran Church The Calvinists were no longer tenaciously devoted to their founder's views of absolute predestination, while the Lutherans, having departed from the doctrine of the real presence in the Lord's Supper, had adopted the Zwinglian theory. History of Rationalism Embracing a Survey of the Present State of Protestant Theology Secondly, predestination may be considered on the part of that to which anyone is predestinated, and this is the term and effect of predestination. Summa Theologica, Part III (Tertia Pars) From the Complete American Edition He must have an inclination, born of strength, for questions that no one has the courage for; the courage for the forbidden; predestination for the labyrinth. The Antichrist Question.—Is the predestination which is mentioned in the Holy Books a decreed thing? Some Answered Questions Ponder over this; the reality of fate, predestination and will shall be made manifest. Selections from the Writings of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá The first reformers in England, as in other European countries, had embraced the most rigid tenets of predestination and absolute decrees, and had composed upon that, system all the articles of their religious creed. The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part E. From Charles I. to Cromwell In this sense Christ's predestination is the exemplar of ours, and this in two ways. Summa Theologica, Part III (Tertia Pars) From the Complete American Edition The next consideration preliminary to a clear exhibition of our special subject, is the doctrine of predestination, the unflinching fatalism which pervades and crowns this religion. The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life Observe that if, according to the suppositions of the People of the Book,108 the meaning were taken in its exoteric sense, it would be absolute injustice and complete predestination. Some Answered Questions Fate and predestination consist in the necessary and indispensable relationships which exist in the realities of things. Selections from the Writings of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá On pretence of pacifying disputes, orders were issued from the council, forbidding on both sides all preaching and printing with regard to the controverted points of predestination and free will. The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part E. From Charles I. to Cromwell But her consent seems to have been unnecessary: because the Virginal Conception was foretold by a prophecy of "predestination," which is "fulfilled without our consent," as a gloss says on Matt. Summa Theologica, Part III (Tertia Pars) From the Complete American Edition In all the Mohammedan representations of this great trial and of the principles which determine its decisions, no reference is made to the doctrine of predestination, but all turns on strict equity. The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life Origin and destiny did not trouble them; predestination and justification by faith were not even in their curriculum; foreordination and baptism were to them problems not to be taken seriously. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 12 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Scientists These relationships constitute predestination, and the manifestation thereof in the plane of existence is fate. Selections from the Writings of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá The idea of predestination was a salient feature in the Odinic religion. The Younger Edda Also called Snorre's Edda, or The Prose Edda But this is an improper signification of predestination. Summa Theologica, Part III (Tertia Pars) From the Complete American Edition The moral reason and charitable heart of Swedenborg vehemently revolted from the Calvinistic doctrines of predestination and vicarious atonement, and the group of thoughts that cluster around them. The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life The almost supernatural terror of Michelangelo's genius found fullest scope in illustrating the idea of predestination that obsessed the Reformers and haunted many a Catholic of that time also. The Age of the Reformation Such is the epitome of the explanation of fate and predestination. Selections from the Writings of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá The doctrines of Calvinism I threw away in mass, and thus got rid of the difficulties connected with predestination, election and reprobation. Modern Skepticism: A Journey Through the Land of Doubt and Back Again A Life Story I answer that, Two things may be considered in predestination. Summa Theologica, Part III (Tertia Pars) From the Complete American Edition In the faith of those who accepted the dogma of predestination, of course, the presupposed condition of actual personal salvation was that the given individual should become one of the elect number. The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life Besides affirming belief in the common articles of Christianity, this confession asserted the dogmas of predestination, justification by faith only, and the distinctive Calvinistic doctrine of the eucharist. The Age of the Reformation In what follows it will be seen that laws of tolerance are also laws of divine providence, that every man can be reformed and regenerated, and that no other predestination is possible. Angelic Wisdom about Divine Providence The doctrine of predestination came back in the shape of fate or necessity. Modern Skepticism: A Journey Through the Land of Doubt and Back Again A Life Story One on the part of eternal predestination itself: and in this respect it implies a certain antecedence in regard to that which comes under predestination. Summa Theologica, Part III (Tertia Pars) From the Complete American Edition This scheme grew directly out of the dogma of fatalism, which sinks human freedom in Divine predestination. The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life An English heretic, Cole of Faversham, said that the doctrine of predestination was meeter for devils than for Christians. The Age of the Reformation It is cruel therefore to believe and think that a vast multitude of nations and peoples under His auspices and care should be handed over as prey to the devil by predestination. Angelic Wisdom about Divine Providence We talked on saving faith, imputed righteousness, predestination, divine foreknowledge, election, reprobation and redemption. Modern Skepticism: A Journey Through the Land of Doubt and Back Again A Life Story For at some time a man is that which he was predestinated to be: since God's predestination does not fail. Summa Theologica, Part III (Tertia Pars) From the Complete American Edition It affirms the free will of man in opposition to a fatal predestination. The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life Melanchthon abolished congregational hymn-singing, and published his true views, hitherto dissembled, on predestination and the sacrament. The Age of the Reformation It may be seen from all this that predestination except to heaven is contrary to divine love. Angelic Wisdom about Divine Providence In “Holy Willie’s Prayer,” he lays a burning hand on the terrible doctrine of predestination: this is a satire, daring, personal, and profane. The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham Secondly, it may be referred to the very nature of the action itself: that is, forasmuch as predestination implies antecedence and gratuitous effect. Summa Theologica, Part III (Tertia Pars) From the Complete American Edition Helen had never listened to sermons full of the hopelessness of predestination; she frankly said she did not believe that Adam was her federal head and representative, and that she, therefore, was born in sin. John Ward, Preacher The former were high Calvinists, emphasizing the doctrines of election, predestination, original sin, and eternal punishment. Robert Burns How To Know Him One can see from these points that divine providence is none other than predestination to heaven and cannot be altered into anything else. Angelic Wisdom about Divine Providence Do what you would the doctrines of original sin and predestination kept cropping up under the surface of existence. The Miller Of Old Church Since, therefore, our predestination is eternal, it seems that Christ's predestination is not the exemplar of ours. Summa Theologica, Part III (Tertia Pars) From the Complete American Edition The Calvinists emphasised the degradation of man through Original Sin, and considered mankind so corrupt that the will was of no avail; and thus fell into the doctrine of predestination. Pascal's Pensées |
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