predestinator
AmericanEtymology
Origin of predestinator
First recorded in 1570–80; predestinate + -or 2
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Wherefore nobody has been so insane as to say that merit is the cause of divine predestination as regards the act of the predestinator.
From Summa Theologica, Part I (Prima Pars) From the Complete American Edition by Thomas, Aquinas, Saint
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