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

Oliver Cromwell never believed more radically in the foreordination of all human actions than did he.

From The Raid of John Brown at Harper's Ferry as I Saw It by Leech, Rev. Samuel Vanderlip

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 Hall, Eliza Calvert

He substitutes permission for foreordination, and defines permission to mean simply not preventing.

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

The wisdom of God is held as proving universal foreordination.

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