foreordination
Fate decided beforehand
Foreordination is the doctrine that God has determined all events and outcomes in advance, including who will be saved.
The term belongs primarily to theological discussion of predestination and divine sovereignty: Calvin's doctrine of foreordination holds that salvation cannot be earned.
More loosely, foreordination suggests anything predetermined or fated: There was a sense of foreordination about their meeting.
Divinely predetermined fate
- electionOrganized public voting
- divine decreeGod's official pronouncement
- sovereigntySupreme independent authority
- graceEffortless beauty of motion
salvation · covenant · doctrine · foreknowledge · predetermine · preordain · omniscience · reprobation
Deity's intended course
- guidanceAdvice for decisions
- watchfulnessCareful, sustained attention
- careAttentive regard for others
- protectionGuarding against harm
oversight · benevolence · blessing · mercy · intercession · guardianship · theodicy · appointed
Predetermined course of events
- kismetPreordained future outcome
- doomUnavoidable grim fate
- lotLarge amount or portion
- starsLuminous celestial bodies
fortune · inevitability · inescapability · determinism · predetermination · fixedness · immutability · irrevocability
Announcing future events
- divinationForetelling through mystical means
- oracleAuthoritative wisdom source
- seerOne who envisions futures
- prophecyForetelling of future events
augury · omen · portent · presage · sibyl · soothsaying · clairvoyance · harbinger
predestination
Divinely predetermined fate
- electionOrganized public voting
- divine decreeGod's official pronouncement
- sovereigntySupreme independent authority
grace · salvation · covenant · doctrine · foreknowledge · predetermine · preordain · omniscience · reprobation · perseverance
divine plan
Deity's intended course
- guidanceAdvice for decisions
- watchfulnessCareful, sustained attention
- careAttentive regard for others
protection · oversight · benevolence · blessing · mercy · intercession · guardianship · theodicy · appointed · allotted
destiny
Predetermined course of events
stars · fortune · inevitability · inescapability · determinism · predetermination · fixedness · immutability · irrevocability · necessity
foretelling
Announcing future events
- divinationForetelling through mystical means
- oracleAuthoritative wisdom source
- seerOne who envisions futures
prophecy · augury · omen · portent · presage · sibyl · soothsaying · clairvoyance · harbinger · foreseen
- fatedestiny, fate, kismet, Moira, fated
- Mormon Doctrineeternal life, exaltation, Book of Mormon, Jehovah, priesthood
- predestinationpredestination, preordination, election, foreknowledge, the elect
foreordinationfree will
Autonomous choice capacity
self-determination · autonomy · human agency · volition · indeterminism
foreordinationchance
Likelihood of occurrence
randomness · accident · happenstance · coincidence · contingency
foreordinationuncertainty
State of being unsure
indeterminacy · unpredictability · possibility · potentiality · flux
ordinary, coordinate, subordinate, ordain, ordinance, ordination, ordinal, foreordain