Predestination vs. Predeterminism

Predestinationnoun

(theology) The doctrine that everything has been foreordained by God or by fate.

Predestinationnoun

The doctrine that certain people have been elected for salvation, and sometimes also that others are destined for reprobation.

Predestinationnoun

Destiny or fate.

Predestinationnoun

The act of predestinating.

Predestinationnoun

The purpose of Good from eternity respecting all events; especially, the preordination of men to everlasting happiness or misery. See Calvinism.

Predestinationnoun

previous determination as if by destiny or fate

Predestinationnoun

(theology) being determined in advance; especially the doctrine (usually associated with Calvin) that God has foreordained every event throughout eternity (including the final salvation of mankind)

Predestination

Predestination, in Christian theology, is the doctrine that all events have been willed by God, usually with reference to the eventual fate of the individual soul. Explanations of predestination often seek to address the , whereby God's omniscience seems incompatible with human free will.

Predeterminismnoun

The belief that all events that occur have already been determined.

Predeterminism

Predeterminism is the philosophy that all events of history, past, present and future, have been already decided or are already known (by God, fate, or some other force), including human actions. Predeterminism is closely related to determinism.