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foreordination

[fawr-awr-dn-ey-shuhn, fohr-] / ˌfɔr ɔr dnˈeɪ ʃən, ˌfoʊr- /






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The son of a Congregational minister who believed in predestination and foreordination, he himself began with an intention of entering the ministry; but, after two years' preparation, turned to the law and politics.

From Time Magazine Archive

To bring the passage forward on behalf of universal foreordination is to assume the point in debate, and it is therefore inadmissible.

From The Doctrines of Predestination, Reprobation, and Election by Wallace, Robert

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.

From Calvinistic Controversy Embracing a Sermon on Predestination and Election and Several Numbers, Formally Published in the Christian Advocate and Journal. by Fisk, Wilbur

The Power of God is held as supporting universal foreordination.

From The Doctrines of Predestination, Reprobation, and Election by Wallace, Robert

His tales are tales of the conscience: he is obsessed with the thought of sin, with the doctrines of foreordination and total depravity.

From Four Americans Roosevelt, Hawthorne, Emerson, Whitman by Beers, Henry A. (Henry Augustin)