predestination
Sign in to savePredestination, in 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 paradox of free will, whereby God's omniscience seems incompatible with human free will. In this usage, predestination can be regarded as a form of religious determinism; and usually predeterminism, also known as theological determinism.
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Predestination is the religious belief that God has already determined all events, including what will happen to each person's soul. This doctrine raises a fundamental question about how human free will can exist if God already knows and has willed everything that will occur.
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- History
- Pre-Christian period
- New Testament period
- Patristic period
- Pre-Nicene period
- Post-Nicene period
- Middle Ages
- Reformation
- Views of Christian branches
- Eastern Orthodoxy
- Roman Catholicism
- Protestantism
- Comparison
- Lutheranism
- Calvinism
- Arminianism
- The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
- Types of predestination
- Supralapsarianism and infralapsarianism
- Double predestination
- Corporate election
- See also
- References
- Citations
- Sources
- Further reading
- External links
Predestination, in 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 paradox of free will, whereby God's omniscience seems incompatible with human free will. In this usage, predestination can be regarded as a form of religious determinism; and usually predeterminism, also known as theological determinism.
Predestination has been a topic of debate throughout Jewish and Christian history. In pre-Christian texts like the Book of Enoch and the Book of Jubilees, some writings suggest a mix of determinism and free will, while authors like Ben Sira affirm human choice. Scholars debate New Testament passages such as Romans 8–11, with interpretations ranging from predestination being corporate or service-based, to God choosing some individuals for salvation while leaving others to reprobation. Jewish groups like the Essenes may have believed in predestination, but there were complex differences among sects.