Examples of predestination in the following topics:
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- Calvinism is a major branch of Protestantism that follows the theological tradition and forms of Christian practice of John Calvin and is characterized by the doctrine of predestination in the salvation of souls.
- While the Reformed theological tradition addresses all of the traditional topics of Christian theology, the word Calvinism is sometimes used to refer to particular Calvinist views on soteriology (the saving of the soul from sin and death) and predestination, which are summarized in part by the Five Points of Calvinism.
- An important tenet of Calvinism, which differs from Lutheranism, is that God only saves the "elect," a predestined group of individuals, and that these elect are essentially guaranteed salvation, but everyone else is damned.
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- He also held to the Catholic doctrine of free will, which some Reformers rejected in favor of the doctrine of predestination.