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
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 Hubbard, Elbert
The tenet of universal foreordination takes from us this “coigne of vantage,” and lands us in dynamic Pantheism.
From The Doctrines of Predestination, Reprobation, and Election by Wallace, Robert
It was one of those apparently chance movements that have vital consequences, and that have always made me believe in the old Calvinistic creed of foreordination.
From The Window at the White Cat by Rinehart, Mary Roberts
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 Wallace, Robert
