HISTORY
THE RENAISSANCE AND REFORMATION
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Question
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Those who have been chosen by God
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Church leaders
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Those who perform good deeds on Earth
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Everyone
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Detailed explanation-1: -’ Driven by preserving God’s sovereignty, Calvinist thinkers teach that God’s plans and will cannot be frustrated by man. Therefore, those for whom He died must also be saved. This leads to the conclusion that Jesus must have only died for the elect.
Detailed explanation-2: -predestination, in Christianity, the doctrine that God has eternally chosen those whom he intends to save.
Detailed explanation-3: -Calvin believed that human beings have access to the saving truths of religion only insofar as God has revealed them in Scripture. But revealed truths were not given to satisfy human curiosity but were limited to meeting the most urgent and practical needs of human existence, above all for salvation.
Detailed explanation-4: -Most Protestants believe that salvation is achieved through God’s grace alone, and once salvation is secured in the person, good works will be a result of this, allowing good works to often operate as a signifier for salvation.
Detailed explanation-5: -Calvin himself defines predestination as “the eternal decree of God, by which he determined with himself whatever he wished to happen with regard to every man.