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	Predestination - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Predestination is a religious idea, under which the relationship between the beginning of things and the destiny of things is discussed.
		Predestination may sometimes be used to refer to other, materialistic, spiritualist, non-theistic or polytheistic ideas of determinism, destiny, fate, doom, or karma.
		That this was an uneasy tension eventually became obvious with the confrontation between Augustine of Hippo and Pelagius culminating in condemnation of Pelagianism (as interpreted by Augustine) in 417.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Predestination (3282 words)

	Predestination (Calvinism) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The Calvinist doctrine of predestination is sometimes referred to as "double predestination", usually in a disparaging way, to refer to the belief that God has not only appointed the eternal destiny of some to salvation (unconditional election), but by necessary inference, also the remainder to eternal damnation (reprobation).
		In sharp contrast to the caricature of double predestination seen in the positive-positive schema, is the classic position of Reformed theology on predestination.
		In this view, predestination is double, in that it involves both election and reprobation but is not symmetrical with respect to the mode of divine activity.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Predestination_(Calvinism) (1771 words)

	predestination. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		So-called double predestination, as in Calvinism, is the added assertion that God also foreordains certain souls to damnation.
		Predestination is posited on the basis of God’s omniscience and omnipotence and is closely related to the doctrines of divine providence and grace.
		Calvinism, on the other hand, rejects the role of free will and teaches that grace is irresistible and that God by an absolute election saves the souls of some and abandons the souls of others.
	www.bartleby.com /65/pr/predesti.html (348 words)

	Calvinism - Theopedia
		Calvinism is a theological system based on the understanding that God is completely sovereign and has preordained all that comes to pass.
		The theological terms most often associated with Calvinism are predestination and election which refer to the particularity of God's grace in salvation.
		In a broad sense, Calvinism can be virtually synonymous with "Reformed Protestantism", encompassing the whole body of doctrine taught by Reformed churches and represented in various Reformed Confessions such as the Belgic Confession of Faith (1561) and the Westminster Confession of Faith (1647).
	www.theopedia.com /Calvinism (1076 words)

	Modern History Sourcebook: John Calvin: On Predestination
		Whatever, therefore, is declared in the Scripture concerning predestination, we must be cautious not to withhold from believers, lest we appear either to defraud them of the favor of their God, or to reprove and censure the Holy Spirit for publishing what it would be useful by any means to suppress.
		Predestination, by which God adopts some to the hope of life, and adjudges others to eternal death, no one, desirous of the credit of piety, dares absolutely to deny.
		Predestination we call the eternal decree of God, by which He has determined in Himself what would have to become of every individual of mankind.
	www.fordham.edu /halsall/mod/calvin-predest.html (2903 words)

	Reformed Doctrine of Predestination - Calvinism In History
		Calvin, however, was surpassed by Luther in the use of harsh language as will readily be seen by an examination of the latter's work, The Bondage of the Will which was a polemic written against the free-will ideas of Erasmus.
		Calvin adhered strictly to the spirit and letter of the author and assumed that the writer had one definite thought which was expressed in natural everyday language.
		Calvin and the men of his time are not to be judged strictly and solely by the advanced standards of our twentieth century, but must to a certain extent be considered in the light of their own sixteenth century.
	www.bloomingtonrpchurch.org /refdocpre/28.htm (16627 words)

	Catholic Predestination (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Predestination to hell, in Catholicism, always involves man's free will, and foreseen sins, so that man is ultimately responsible for his own damnation, not God (double predestination is rejected).
		In the same way, complete Predestination to grace and glory conjointly is independent of every merit, as the first grace cannot be merited, and the consequent graces, as well as the merits acquired with these graces and their reward, depend like the links of a chain, on the first grace.
		In spite of this uncertainty there are signs of Predetermination which indicate a high probability of one's Predestination, e.g., a persevering practice of the virtues recommended in the Eight Beatitudes, frequent reception of Holy Communion, active love of one's neighbor, love for Christ and for the Church.
	ic.net /~erasmus/RAZ120.HTM (1723 words)

	Predestination, Salvation and Damnation -- Catholicism and Calvinism Contrasted
		Predestination is God's decree of the happiness of the elect.
		Since grace is irresistible, the will of the predestined is not free to cooperate with grace to perform meritorious good works, and so salvation is purely arbitrary.
		Between these two extremes the Catholic dogma of predestination keeps the golden mean, because it regards eternal happiness primarily as the work of God and His grace, but secondarily as the fruit and reward of the meritorious actions of the predestined.
	www.bringyou.to /apologetics/num21.htm (1818 words)

	Predestination
		He discusses Calvin's thoughts on predestination, election, reprobation; their relation to the Fall, and of course that infamous charge that to hold to such views must conclude that God is the "Author of sin".
		Predestination is not curious, or unprofitable, but of great importance, and very necessary in the Church of God.
		A Treatise on the Predestination of the Saints by Aurelius Augustin
	www.monergism.com /thethreshold/articles/topic/predestination.html (1920 words)

	Reformed Doctrine of Predestination - Introduction
		But it was given to Calvin with his deep knowledge of Scripture, his keen intellect and systematizing genius, to set forth and defend these truths more clearly and ably than had ever been done before.
		For Calvinism all these are logical consequences, not the point of departure — foliage bearing witness to the luxuriousness of its growth, but not the root from which it is sprouted." If the doctrine is detached from its natural association with other truths and exhibited alone, the effect is exaggerated.
		The doctrine of Predestination has been made the subject of almost endless discussion, much of which, it must be admitted, was for the purpose of softening its outlines or of explaining it away.
	www.bloomingtonrpchurch.org /refdocpre (2930 words)

	Keith Devens - Calvinism
		Calvinism is a system of Christian theology named after John Calvin (July 10, 1509 - May 27, 1564).
		Calvinism is usually defined by its five points, represented by the acronym, TULIP.
		The doctrine of Predestination states that God chose some people to be believers and have salvation from before he made the world -- that our salvation is not contingent upon what we do in our lives, but was chosen for us before we were born (and before the world was even made).
	keithdevens.com /wiki/Calvinism?version=1 (336 words)

	Predestination - Calvinism vs. Arminianism
		You stated that God's predestined elect are those who He foreknew would choose Him, therefore giving all mankind the opportunity to His offered salvation through the Lord Jesus Christ.
		We don't know who the predestined elect are and therefore should assume and act as if all are.
		Romans 8:29 states that those whom God foreknew, he predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son.
	www.orin.net /herbert.html (1476 words)

	Spero Forum - Baptist, Protestant, and Catholic Discussion - Calvinism
		A person might be predestined to one, but this does not mean he is predestined necessarily to the other.
		The idea that a person can be predestined to come to God yet not be predestined to stay the course may be new to Calvinists and may sound strange to them, but it did not sound strange to Augustine, Aquinas, or even Luther.
		The clergy described Calvin as an upright man,but simple,and said that he had written according to his own simple thought.Not considering whether this agreed with Sacred Scripture or did not agree,as he had not considered either whether it agreed with the Athanasian Creed.
	www.speroforum.com /forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=1271 (5087 words)

	Calvinism - BibleForums Christian Message Board and Forums
		Calvinism, like most doctrines that have someone's name attached to it, has many variations and of course, what that person originally meant, as well as the perspective of those opposed to it (as in the above quote), which is almost always quite a bit different than any of those who believe in it.
		Reformed theology (Calvinism) is also referred to as "systematic theology." It is the opinion of many who disagree with it, that Calvinism has at its heart, an unbiblical philosophical core.
		As I have put it to some, when these Calvinist preachers preach from their heart, what comes out is often very solid and edifying, but when they preach from their head (that is, from what they have been taught to be "intellectually" true) what comes out is often way off base.
	bibleforums.org /forum/showthread.php?t=50689 (2240 words)

	The StudyLight Forums!
		However, according to Calvinism, the "power" of the Gospel is no match for the all-powerful, all-consuming, supernatural power of Total Depravity which is a far greater Law than the Law of the power of the Gospel.
		Calvinism insists that foreknowledge is the result of deterministic, immutable decress of election and predestination.
		Here is how Calvin interpreted that verse: "To those who believe in His name...were [previously] born...of God [as a source of faith]." With that paraphrase, Calvin taught that unless a man be born again, he cannot believe.
	www.studylight.org /forums/viewtopic.php?p=41723 (7244 words)

	Predestination (continued) [Free Republic]
		This is the predestination of the saints,--nothing else.
		Predestination does not eliminate, but rather establishes second causes, contingency, etc. Without the ground of predestination, human action, all the universe, is chaos and without meaning.
		Calvinism is not the central doctrine of the Bible.
	www.freerepublic.com /forum/a394fddd41d62.htm (13415 words)

	Double Predestination (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Rather, the essay is limited to a concern for the 'double' aspect of predestination with particular reference to the question of the relationship of God's sovereignty to reprobation or preterition.
		Viewing double predestination as a distinction from single predestination may be seen in the work of Emil Brunner.
		The much greater issue of 'double' predestination is the issue over the relationship between election and reprobation with respect to the nature of the decrees and the nature of the divine outworking of the decrees.
	www.graceonlinelibrary.org /articles/full.asp?id=1\|51\|279 (3027 words)

	A TIPTOE THROUGH TULIP (This Rock: September 1993)
		Calvinism admits there are mortal sins, such as failure to persevere, but says that no one who is saved commits these sins.
		While Calvin's view of predestination might be a variation of Augustine's view, the two are not the same.
		Augustine did not believe in Calvin's understanding of the "perseverance of the saints," and neither did the broadly Augustinian tradition.
	www.catholic.com /thisrock/1993/9309fea1.asp (4722 words)

	Mirror Image: Calvinism vs. Arminianism (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Therefore, the Calvin argument is presented with the Arminian counter-argument.
		Although the first 4 positions of Calvinism can be back-up by many bible verses, taking the Bible as a whole seems to support the Arminian position.
		Followers of Calvinism claim that without "Perserverance of the Saints" a person will live in constant fear of losing their salvation.
	www.mirrorimageband.org /ministry/biblestudy/calvinism_arminian.html (1560 words)

	luucu.com :: View topic - Predestination; Calvinism/Arminianism; Free will
		They are not based on the writings of John Calvin, of which I have read very little.
		The Bible is silent as to why some reject and others accept, and it is best to stay silent when the scriptures are silent rather than impose a system trying to find a solution.
		calvinism is the only philosophically defensible system on this earth; we should expect that from a system established solely on God's word.
	www.luucu.com /forum/viewtopic.php?p=5321 (4194 words)

	James Akin
		Calvinism admits there are mortal sins, such as failure to perservere, but says that no one who is saved commits these sins.
		For example, if a person was predestined to enter my living room, it would not mean he was predestined to remain forever in my living room.
		Catholic theology has defined "predestined" to mean "predestined to final salvation." Thus those who will end up with God in heaven are spoken of as "the predestined" or "the elect." That a person experiences salvation at some point does not mean he is among the predestined (those God has chosen to persevere to the end).
	www.ewtn.com /library/ANSWERS/TULIP.htm (4857 words)

	Le Sabot Post-Moderne: Calvinism, not Fatalism
		The problem these people have is that they aren't arguing with Calvin, but with the Word of God.
		But it is true that if God has predestined that someone will hear the Gospel, it WILL invariably be preached to them.
		Calvinism sometimes leaves me with a headache, trying to bring everything into harmony from a theoretical perspective.
	www.postmodernclog.com /archives/001110.html (869 words)

	Background Information on Predestination (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		This is because, if God predestines (or causes) that a man eat breakfast, the man does not have the ability to refrain from eating.
		To be free, the person himself must be the ultimate cause of his own actions — God cannot cause the person to choose to eat breakfast or not, or else the action would not be free.
		For example, Chuck Missler produced a cassette study on predestination in which he claims to be neither an Arminian nor a Calvinist, but somewhere in between.
	www.christian-truth.org /salvation/predestination/background.html (1356 words)

	A Primer on Hyper-Calvinism
		History teaches us that hyper-Calvinism is as much a threat to true Calvinism as Arminianism is. Virtually every revival of true Calvinism since the Puritan era has been hijacked, crippled, or ultimately killed by hyper-Calvinist influences.
		Finally, some critics unthinkingly slap the label "hyper" on any variety of Calvinism that is higher than the view they hold to.
		This is a crucial point—perhaps the most crucial point of all—because it is the very point that ultimately distinguishes true Calvinism from both Arminianism and hyper-Calvinism.
	www.spurgeon.org /~phil/articles/hypercal.htm (3230 words)

	The Calvinist Corner
		Calvinism, also known as Reformed theology, is a system of biblical interpretation that focuses on the supreme sovereignty of God, His majesty, His holiness, etc. It relates this to man's fallen, sinful nature.
		Because of the great chasm between God and man and because of man's sinfulness, God must predestine people into salvation...or none would be saved.
		Calvinism denies human free will and makes God responsible for evil
	www.mslick.com (225 words)

	Predestination \| Predetermination \| Calvinism \| Questia.com Online Library
		Peter Martyr Vermigli and Predestination: The Augustinian Inheritance of an Italian Reformer
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	www.questia.com /library/religion/predestination.jsp (459 words)

	Predestination and Calvinism (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		This doctrine of predestination was originated centuries ago by John Calvin (1509-1564).
		The Bible says, "...through Jesus Christ;" "...through His blood;" and, "...according to the riches of His grace." The focus of being "predestined" is more on "through Jesus Christ" than it is "us to adoption as sons." It was God's eternal plan that Christ would give His life so that He could have children.
		If Calvin's doctrine of Perseverance were true, then there would be no need for the great number of passages in the Bible that warn against apostasy.
	members.aol.com /bob78999/predest.html (3869 words)

	Writers Refuting Calvinism (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		If you only purchased one book where the author refutes Calvinism, then get "The Other Side of Calvinism" by Laurence M. Vance (published by Vance Publications).
		To be fair and complete in mention of this book, I must say that it has come to my attention that many Calvinists are very distressed that Dave Hunt put this book in print and their claims are that he misrepresented them and their Calvinist icons all throughout the book.
		Since we don't yet burn books of this nature, yet, in America, readers will have to decide for themselves which side is correct with their freedom to read or not to read any criticism of the philosophy of Calvinism.
	www.accs.net /users/wolf/calvin.htm (654 words)

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