foreordination
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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
In the third place, we object to universal foreordination because it destroys all moral distinctions.
From The Doctrines of Predestination, Reprobation, and Election by Robert Wallace
Now, if our consciousness is only a dream, which this doctrine of foreordination makes it out to be, what are we all, in such a case, but mere simulacra, ghosts, shadows?
From The Doctrines of Predestination, Reprobation, and Election by Robert Wallace
As a proof of universal foreordination, the passage proves nothing.
From The Doctrines of Predestination, Reprobation, and Election by Robert Wallace
But if the doctrine of universal foreordination is true, we can neither blame the one nor praise the other.
From The Doctrines of Predestination, Reprobation, and Election by Robert Wallace
