| 单词 | doctrine of election |
| 释义 | > as lemmasdoctrine of election a. The exercise of God's sovereign will in choosing some of His creatures in preference to others for blessings temporal or spiritual, esp. for eternal salvation. doctrine of election: the doctrine that God actually exercises this prerogative with regard to humankind; in popular language often identified with the (Calvinistic) doctrine of ‘unconditional election’, i.e. election not conditioned by the conduct or disposition of the individual. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > salvation, redemption > [noun] healnessc897 heal901 alesenesseOE lesenessOE alesendnessOE healthc1000 alesednessOE berrhlessc1175 i-sundungc1175 salvation?c1225 buyinga1300 savementc1330 yborȝing1340 election1382 savinga1387 safetyc1390 soul healtha1393 redemptiona1400 safenessa1400 curation?c1400 predestinationc1400 gain-buying1435 dilection1570 expeccationa1631 unsinninga1631 soul-savingness1672 inner light1856 1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Rom. ix. 11 That the purpos of God schulde dwelle vp the eleccioun [1526 Tindale, election], not of workis, but of God clepinge. ?a1560 in T. Wright Songs & Ballads Reign Philip & Mary (1860) 3 The redemptyon and ryghte to owr fyrst electtyon. 1605 F. Bacon Of Aduancem. Learning i. sig. H1v The..election of God went to the Shepheard, and not to the tiller of the ground. View more context for this quotation 1611 Bible (King James) Rom. xi. 5. a1631 J. Donne Serm. (1958) IX. 231 Prove thine election by thy sanctification; for that is the right method. 1645 J. Ussher Body of Divinitie 91 Election..is the everlasting predestination, or foreappointing of certain Angels and Men unto everlasting life. 1701 tr. J. Le Clerc Lives Primitive Fathers 354 As to Election,..Pelagius believed Two sorts of it; the one to Grace, and the other to Glory. 1841–8 F. Myers Catholic Thoughts II. iii. §11. 41 This process was founded upon the election and peculiar training of a single people. 1858 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia II. vii. ix. 281 The doctrine of Election..that a man's good or ill conduct is foredoomed upon him by decree of God. 1872 J. Morley Voltaire i. 2 They realised life as a long wrestling with..forces of grace, election, and fore-destiny. < as lemmas |
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