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Perseverance of the Saints

Will those truly chosen by God always endure to the end?

Perseverance of the saints is the doctrine that those truly elect by God will finally persevere in faith to salvation, traced to Augustine's On the Gift of Perseverance and affirmed at the Synod of Dort. The traditions differ: Reformed theology affirms it, while Catholic, Orthodox, and Arminian traditions reject it, holding that a believer may genuinely fall away from grace.

How it traveled

  1. Hebrews
    Rome · 67
    explains
  2. Romans
    Corinth · 67
    explains
  3. Revelation
    Patmos · 100
    explains
  4. John
    Ephesus · 100
    explains
  5. The Epistles of Cyprian.
    Carthage · 258
    explains
  6. Life of Antony. (Vita Antoni.)
    Alexandria · 373
    applies
  7. The Homilies of St. John Chrysostom
    Constantinople (Istanbul) · 407
    explains
  8. The Homilies of St. John Chrysostom on Timothy, Titus, and Philemon
    Constantinople (Istanbul) · 407
    explains
  9. The Homilies of St. John Chrysostom on Philippians, Colossians, and Thessalonians
    Constantinople (Istanbul) · 407
    explains
  10. The Homilies of St. John Chrysostom on Paul's Epistle to the Romans
    Constantinople (Istanbul) · 407
    explains
  11. Homilies on First Corinthians
    Constantinople (Istanbul) · 407
    explains
  12. The Commentary and Homilies of St. John Chrysostom on Galatians and Ephesians
    Constantinople (Istanbul) · 407
    applies
  13. Homilies on Second Corinthians
    Constantinople (Istanbul) · 407
    explains
  14. The Homilies of St. John Chrysostom on the Epistle to the Hebrews
    Constantinople (Istanbul) · 407
    applies
  15. A Treatise on the Predestination of the Saints
    Hippo Regius · 430
    explains
  16. A Treatise on Rebuke and Grace
    Hippo Regius · 430
    explains
  17. Expositions on the Book of Psalms
    Hippo Regius · 430
    explains
  18. City of God
    Hippo Regius · 430
    explains
  19. Book Third. the Mode of Obtaining the Grace of Christ. the Benefits It Confers, and the Effects Resulting from It
    Geneva · 1564
    explains
  20. 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 Gospel
    Geneva · 1564
    explains
  21. XIV Five discourses on the soul's eternal salvation
    Northampton, Massachusetts · 1758
    explains
  22. Seventeen Occasional Sermons
    Northampton, Massachusetts · 1758
    explains
  23. A Treatise Concerning Religious Affections, in Three Parts
    Northampton, Massachusetts · 1758
    explains
  24. Fifteen Sermons. On Various Subjects
    Northampton, Massachusetts · 1758
    explains
  25. a careful and strict inquiry into the prevailing notions of the freedom of will
    Northampton, Massachusetts · 1758
    explains

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A Treatise on Rebuke and Grace — What is the Nature of the Gift of Perseverance that is Now Given to the Saints.↗explains

A Treatise on Rebuke and Grace · Augustine of Hippo

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A Treatise on the Predestination of the Saints — A Treatise on the Gift of Perseverance. — Of the Nature of the Perseverance Here Discoursed of.↗explains

A Treatise on the Predestination of the Saints · Augustine of Hippo

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Fifteen Sermons. On Various Subjects — Sermon VIII. HYPOCRITES DEFICIENT IN THE DUTY OF PRAYER. — part 3↗explains

Fifteen Sermons. On Various Subjects · Jonathan Edwards

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A Treatise on Rebuke and Grace — Argument.↗explains

A Treatise on Rebuke and Grace · Augustine of Hippo

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XIV Five discourses on the soul's eternal salvation — DISCOURSE. I. Justification by Faith alone. — part 34↗explains

XIV Five discourses on the soul's eternal salvation · Jonathan Edwards

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XIV Five discourses on the soul's eternal salvation — DISCOURSE. II. Pressing into the Kingdom of God. — part 35↗explains

XIV Five discourses on the soul's eternal salvation · Jonathan Edwards

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A Treatise Concerning Religious Affections, in Three Parts — PART III. Showing what are distinguishing Signs of truly gracious and holy Affections. — SECTION XII. Their fruit is Christian practice. — part 4↗explains

A Treatise Concerning Religious Affections, in Three Parts · Jonathan Edwards

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A Treatise on Rebuke and Grace — All Perseverance is God’s Gift.↗explains

A Treatise on Rebuke and Grace · Augustine of Hippo

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A Treatise on Rebuke and Grace — Perseverance is Given to the End.↗explains

A Treatise on Rebuke and Grace · Augustine of Hippo

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A Treatise on Rebuke and Grace — They Who Have Not Received Perseverance are Not Distinguished from the Mass of Those that are Lost.↗explains

A Treatise on Rebuke and Grace · Augustine of Hippo

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A Treatise on Rebuke and Grace — They Who Have Not Received the Gift of Perseverance, and Have Relapsed into Mortal Sin and Have Died Therein, Must Righteously Be Condemned.↗explains

A Treatise on Rebuke and Grace · Augustine of Hippo

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A Treatise on Rebuke and Grace — To a Sound Will is Committed the Power of Persevering or of Not Persevering.↗explains

A Treatise on Rebuke and Grace · Augustine of Hippo

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A Treatise on Rebuke and Grace — Why Perseverance Should Be Given to One and Not Another is Inscrutable.↗explains

A Treatise on Rebuke and Grace · Augustine of Hippo

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A Treatise on the Predestination of the Saints — A Treatise on the Gift of Perseverance. — A Man Who Does Not Persevere Fails by His Own Fault.↗explains

A Treatise on the Predestination of the Saints · Augustine of Hippo

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A Treatise on the Predestination of the Saints — A Treatise on the Gift of Perseverance. — Effect of Prayer for Perseverance.↗explains

A Treatise on the Predestination of the Saints · Augustine of Hippo

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A Treatise on the Predestination of the Saints — A Treatise on the Gift of Perseverance. — God is Besought for It, Because It is His Gift.↗explains

A Treatise on the Predestination of the Saints · Augustine of Hippo

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A Treatise on the Predestination of the Saints — A Treatise on the Gift of Perseverance. — Testimony of His Previous Writings and Letters.↗explains

A Treatise on the Predestination of the Saints · Augustine of Hippo

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A Treatise on the Predestination of the Saints — A Treatise on the Gift of Perseverance. — The Gift of Perseverance Can Be Obtained by Prayer.↗explains

A Treatise on the Predestination of the Saints · Augustine of Hippo

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A Treatise on the Predestination of the Saints — A Treatise on the Gift of Perseverance. — The Second Petition in the Lord’s Prayer.↗explains

A Treatise on the Predestination of the Saints · Augustine of Hippo

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A Treatise on the Predestination of the Saints — A Treatise on the Gift of Perseverance. — The Third Petition. How Heaven and Earth are Understood in the Lord’s Prayer.↗explains

A Treatise on the Predestination of the Saints · Augustine of Hippo

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