predestination – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
predestination
n.
act of determining in advance; doctrine that God has fore ordained the fate of person (especially pertaining to salvation or damnation); fate, lot, destiny
Predestination
Predestination, in theology, is the doctrine that all events have been willed by
God, usually with reference to the eventual fate of the individual
soul. Explanations of predestination often seek to address the "
paradox of free will", whereby God's
omniscience seems incompatible with human
free will. In this usage, predestination can be regarded as a form of religious
determinism; and usually
predeterminism.
predestination
Noun
1. previous determination as if by destiny or fate
(hypernym) destiny, fate
(derivation) predestine
2. (theology) being determined in advance; especially the doctrine (usually associated with Calvin) that God has foreordained every event throughout eternity (including the final salvation of mankind)
(synonym) foreordination, preordination, predetermination
(hypernym) theological doctrine, religious doctrine
(hyponym) election
(derivation) predestine, predestinate, foreordain
(classification) theology, divinity
prédestination
nf.
predestination, doctrine that God has fore ordained the fate of person (especially pertaining to salvation or damnation); fate, destiny
Predestination
(n.)
The purpose of Good from eternity respecting all events; especially, the preordination of men to everlasting happiness or misery. See Calvinism.
(n.)
The act of predestinating.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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