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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
He believed in ‘Predestination’, he believed that God knows who will be saved before they are born.
A
King Henry VIII
B
Martin Luther
C
Marcus Welby
D
John Calvin
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -John Calvin thought people who were saved could never lose their salvation and the “elect” (those God saved) would know they were saved because of their actions. In this common, loose sense of the term, to affirm or to deny predestination has particular reference to the Calvinist doctrine of unconditional election.

Detailed explanation-2: -He became known as a proponent of predestination, the belief that God’s rewards for humans have already been selected. It was later frequently invoked by wealthy Christians to justify their opulence as part of God’s plan that should not be disturbed by revolutions or high taxes.

Detailed explanation-3: -John Calvin, a French theologian who lived during the 1500s, is probably the most well known proponent of predestination. The views taught by Calvin came to be known as ‘Calvinism. ‘ Predestination is a central tenet of Calvinist theology.

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