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

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)

What other man has come to earth with such appointment, clothed with the authority of such foreordination?

From Jesus the Christ A Study of the Messiah and His Mission According to Holy Scriptures Both Ancient and Modern by Talmage, James Edward

All the conflicting opinions and acts in the fiercest controversy that ever raged, this theory traces up to the Divine foreordination.

From The Calvinistic Doctrine of Predestination Examined and Refuted by Hodgson, F. (Francis)

In the first place, we object to the doctrine of universal foreordination because, if adhered to, it makes science and philosophy impossible.

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