foreordination
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Origin of foreordination
First recorded in 1620–30; fore- + ordination
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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
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
In the third place, we object to universal foreordination because it destroys all moral distinctions.
From The Doctrines of Predestination, Reprobation, and Election by Robert Wallace
The Power of God is held as supporting universal foreordination.
From The Doctrines of Predestination, Reprobation, and Election by Robert Wallace
The objections thus adduced are, in our judgment, quite sufficient to condemn the dogma of universal foreordination.
From The Doctrines of Predestination, Reprobation, and Election by Robert Wallace
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