Election
Before the foundation of the world, whom does God choose, and on what terms?
Election is God's choosing of persons for salvation, a theme drawn from Romans 8 and 9, Ephesians 1, and the writings of Augustine. The traditions differ sharply on its terms: the Augustinian and Reformed traditions hold election to be unconditional, resting on God's free grace alone, while synergist traditions understand it as conditional, taking account of foreseen human response. The debate turns on how grace and human freedom relate in salvation.
How it traveled
- 1 PeterRome · 64explains
- RomansCorinth · 67explains
- EphesiansRome · 67explains
- 1 CorinthiansEphesus · 67applies
- 2 ThessaloniansCorinth · 67explains
- MatthewAntioch · 80explains
- ActsRome · 84explains
- JohnEphesus · 100explains
- RevelationPatmos · 100explains
- The Homilies of St. John Chrysostom on Paul's Epistle to the RomansConstantinople (Istanbul) · 407explains
- A Commentary on the Acts of the ApostlesConstantinople (Istanbul) · 407explains
- The Commentary and Homilies of St. John Chrysostom on Galatians and EphesiansConstantinople (Istanbul) · 407explains
- The Homilies of St. John ChrysostomConstantinople (Istanbul) · 407explains
- The Homilies of St. John Chrysostom on the Gospel of St. JohnConstantinople (Istanbul) · 407explains
- The Homilies of St. John Chrysostom on Timothy, Titus, and PhilemonConstantinople (Istanbul) · 407explains
- The Homilies of St. John Chrysostom on Philippians, Colossians, and ThessaloniansConstantinople (Istanbul) · 407explains
- Jerome's Apology for Himself Against the Books of RufinusAquileia · 411explains
- A Treatise on the Predestination of the SaintsHippo Regius · 430explains
- City of GodHippo Regius · 430explains
- A Treatise on Rebuke and GraceHippo Regius · 430explains
- Lectures or Tractates on the Gospel According to St. JohnHippo Regius · 430explains
- Expositions on the Book of PsalmsHippo Regius · 430explains
- A Treatise Against Two Letters of the PelagiansHippo Regius · 430explains
- The EnchiridionHippo Regius · 430explains
- A Treatise on Grace and Free WillHippo Regius · 430explains
- On PatienceHippo Regius · 430explains
- Treatise on The One God (QQ[2-26])Paris · 1274explains
- Discussion: Second PartWittenberg · 1546explains
- Book Third. the Mode of Obtaining the Grace of Christ. the Benefits It Confers, and the Effects Resulting from ItGeneva · 1564explains
- Book Second. of the Knowledge of God the Redeemer, in Christ, as First Manifested to the Fathers, Under the Law, and Thereafter to Us Under the GospelGeneva · 1564explains
Key passages(20)
Seventeen Occasional Sermons · Jonathan Edwards
Book Third. the Mode of Obtaining the Grace of Christ. the Benefits It Confers, and the Effects Resulting from It · John Calvin
Book Third. the Mode of Obtaining the Grace of Christ. the Benefits It Confers, and the Effects Resulting from It · John Calvin
Book Third. the Mode of Obtaining the Grace of Christ. the Benefits It Confers, and the Effects Resulting from It · John Calvin
Book Third. the Mode of Obtaining the Grace of Christ. the Benefits It Confers, and the Effects Resulting from It · John Calvin
Book Third. the Mode of Obtaining the Grace of Christ. the Benefits It Confers, and the Effects Resulting from It · John Calvin
A Treatise on the Predestination of the Saints · Augustine of Hippo
Book Third. the Mode of Obtaining the Grace of Christ. the Benefits It Confers, and the Effects Resulting from It · John Calvin
A Treatise Against Two Letters of the Pelagians · Augustine of Hippo
A Treatise on Rebuke and Grace · Augustine of Hippo
Book Third. the Mode of Obtaining the Grace of Christ. the Benefits It Confers, and the Effects Resulting from It · John Calvin
Book Third. the Mode of Obtaining the Grace of Christ. the Benefits It Confers, and the Effects Resulting from It · John Calvin
Book Third. the Mode of Obtaining the Grace of Christ. the Benefits It Confers, and the Effects Resulting from It · John Calvin
Book Third. the Mode of Obtaining the Grace of Christ. the Benefits It Confers, and the Effects Resulting from It · John Calvin
Book Third. the Mode of Obtaining the Grace of Christ. the Benefits It Confers, and the Effects Resulting from It · John Calvin
Book Third. the Mode of Obtaining the Grace of Christ. the Benefits It Confers, and the Effects Resulting from It · John Calvin
Book Third. the Mode of Obtaining the Grace of Christ. the Benefits It Confers, and the Effects Resulting from It · John Calvin
Book Third. the Mode of Obtaining the Grace of Christ. the Benefits It Confers, and the Effects Resulting from It · John Calvin
Book Third. the Mode of Obtaining the Grace of Christ. the Benefits It Confers, and the Effects Resulting from It · John Calvin