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predestination

predestination Predestination, in this historical theological sense, is the doctrine that some people are foreordained to eternal life and others to eternal damnation.

Predestination, in this historical theological sense, is the doctrine that some people are foreordained to eternal life and others to eternal damnation. In the source, it appears as the rigid Calvinistic view opposed by Arminianism.

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Drafting source: Baldwin Dictionary of Philosophy and Psychology, 1901. 1901 New York Macmillan original; archive index checked 2026-10-18. “Arminianism” (Arminianism).
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