(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)
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用作名词 (n.)
Foreknowledge is prior to predestination . 预知是在预定之前。
Would you accept the concept of predestination? 你可以接受宿命的概念吗?
See how powerless is the human will against predestination! 请看人类反抗命运的意志是多么脆弱无力啊!
She is an important person in my life. It should see predestination if we can get together. 她注定是我人生中一个重要的人,但能不能走到一起还要靠缘分。
经典引文
He reduces predestination to God's foreknowledge of human determination.
出自: W. H. Fremantle
Major's father had a Calvinist's faith in predestination and could perceive how everyone's misfortunes..were expressions of God's will.