Predestination
God's eternal choosing in salvation — and one of theology's most disputed mysteries
Predestination is God's eternal foreordaining of persons to salvation, and in some accounts also to condemnation. It is rooted in passages like Romans 8 and developed by Augustine and later by Calvin. The traditions differ sharply: some teach single predestination, others double; and they disagree on how it relates to God's foreknowledge and to human free will. These remain among the most contested questions in Christian thought.
How it traveled
- RomansCorinth · 67explains
- EphesiansRome · 67explains
- The Homilies of St. John Chrysostom on Paul's Epistle to the RomansConstantinople (Istanbul) · 407explains
- The Commentary and Homilies of St. John Chrysostom on Galatians and EphesiansConstantinople (Istanbul) · 407explains
- Jerome's Apology for Himself Against the Books of RufinusAquileia · 411explains
- A Treatise on the Predestination of the SaintsHippo Regius · 430explains
- A Treatise on Rebuke and GraceHippo Regius · 430explains
- Lectures or Tractates on the Gospel According to St. JohnHippo Regius · 430explains
- City of GodHippo Regius · 430explains
- A Treatise on the Merits and Forgiveness of Sins, and on the Baptism of InfantsHippo Regius · 430explains
- The EnchiridionHippo Regius · 430explains
- A Treatise on the Soul and its OriginHippo Regius · 430explains
- Expositions on the Book of PsalmsHippo Regius · 430explains
- A Treatise on Grace and Free WillHippo Regius · 430explains
- A Treatise Against Two Letters of the PelagiansHippo Regius · 430explains
- Treatise on The One God (QQ[2-26])Paris · 1274explains
- Treatise on the Incarnation (qq[1]-59)Paris · 1274explains
- Discussion: Second PartWittenberg · 1546explains
- Discussion: First PartWittenberg · 1546explains
- The Sovereignty of GodWittenberg · 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
- Book First. of the Knowledge of God the CreatorGeneva · 1564explains
- a careful and strict inquiry into the prevailing notions of the freedom of willNorthampton, Massachusetts · 1758explains
- Seventeen Occasional SermonsNorthampton, Massachusetts · 1758explains
Key passages(20)
A Treatise on Rebuke and Grace · Augustine of Hippo
A Treatise on the Predestination of the Saints · Augustine of Hippo
Treatise on The One God (QQ[2-26]) · Thomas Aquinas
Treatise on The One God (QQ[2-26]) · Thomas Aquinas
Treatise on The One God (QQ[2-26]) · Thomas Aquinas
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
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
Seventeen Occasional Sermons · Jonathan Edwards
Treatise on The One God (QQ[2-26]) · Thomas Aquinas
Treatise on The One God (QQ[2-26]) · Thomas Aquinas
Treatise on The One God (QQ[2-26]) · Thomas Aquinas
Treatise on the Incarnation (qq[1]-59) · Thomas Aquinas
A Treatise on Rebuke and Grace · Augustine of Hippo
A Treatise on Rebuke and Grace · Augustine of Hippo
A Treatise on Rebuke and Grace · Augustine of Hippo
A Treatise on Rebuke and Grace · Augustine of Hippo
A Treatise on Rebuke and Grace · Augustine of Hippo
A Treatise on Rebuke and Grace · Augustine of Hippo