Predestination
21PRÉDESTINATION — n. f. T. de Théologie Doctrine selon laquelle Il a été réglé de toute éternité que telles créatures seront ou ne seront pas sauvées. La doctrine de la prédestination …
22Predestination — This word is properly used only with reference to God s plan or purpose of salvation. The Greek word rendered predestinate is found only in these six passages, Acts 4:28; Rom. 8:29, 30; 1 Cor. 2:7; Eph. 1:5, 11; and in all of them it has the… …
23predestination — God s pre arranged intentions for the destiny of human beings. Because of the history of this concept in Christian theology (e.g. by Augustine and Calvin), it is associated with the idea of an inscrutable God who from eternity had decided that… …
24predestination — [[t]pri͟ːdestɪne͟ɪʃ(ə)n, AM priːde̱st [/t]] N UNCOUNT If you believe in predestination, you believe that people have no control over events because everything has already been decided by a power such as God or fate …
25predestination — n 1. predetermination, preordination, predeliberation, preelection, foreordination, foreordainment, foredoom; predetermining, preordaining, preordinating, predeliberating. 2. fate, fortune, lot, cup, portion, die, doom, Archaic. foredoom, Chiefly …
26Predestination (Calvinism) — The Calvinistic doctrine of predestination is a doctrine of Calvinism which deals with the question of the control God exercises over the world. In the words of the Westminster Confession of Faith, God freely and unchangeably ordained whatsoever… …
27Predestination paradoxes in fiction — Many fictional and mythological works have dealt with various circumstances that can logically arise from time travel, usually dealing with paradoxes. The predestination paradox is a common literary device.Mythology/Self Fulfilling ProphecyWhile… …
28Predestination paradox — A predestination paradox (also called causal loop, causality loop, and, less frequently, closed loop or closed time loop) is a paradox of time travel that is often used as a convention in science fiction. It exists when a time traveller is caught …
29Predestination in Islam — Part of a series on Aqidah …
30predestination/destiny — (qadar) See free will and predestination …
