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

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

In his discourses he ignored all questions of theology, such as faith, free-will, foreordination, the final perseverance of the saints, and such like, and got right down to matters involved in our every-day life.

From The Story of a Common Soldier of Army Life in the Civil War, 1861-1865 by Stillwell, Leander

As a proof of universal foreordination, the passage proves nothing.

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

The judgment day, therefore, and foreordination of all things cannot stand in the same category.

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