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
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
The same doctrine is held by the younger Hodge—that foreknowledge involves foreordination.
From The Doctrines of Predestination, Reprobation, and Election by Robert Wallace
Origin and destiny did not trouble them; predestination and justification by faith were not even in their curriculum; foreordination and baptism were to them problems not to be taken seriously.
From Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 12 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Scientists by Elbert Hubbard
And it come over me all at once, Maria, that the doctrine of foreordination holds good with things as well as people.
From Clover and Blue Grass by Eliza Calvert Hall
