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predestinarianism

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pre·des·ti·nar·i·an  (pr-dst-nâr-n)
adj.
1. Of or relating to predestination.
2. Believing in or based on the doctrine of predestination.
n.
One who believes in the doctrine of predestination.
pre·desti·nari·an·ism n.
predestinarianism
a belief in predestination. — predestinarian, n., adj.
See also: Theology
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Noun1.predestinarianism - the belief or doctrine of predestinarians
Protestantism - the theological system of any of the churches of western Christendom that separated from the Roman Catholic Church during the Reformation
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Outside a small number of scholars, his reputation has borne something of a Protestant black legend: Beza was the severe reformer of Geneva who twisted Calvin's theology into a joyless predestinarianism.
Theodore de Beze (1519-1605) by Gordon, Bruce / Renaissance Quarterly
Yet the common relationship in both is philosophical determinism of a rather crude kind, owing something to the theological predestinarianism associated with the doctrines of John Calvin.
Yeats's politics since 1943: approaches and reproaches by McCormack, W.J. / Yearbook of English Studies
See also Carretta's note on predestinarianism (275).
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