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Definition of Foreordained
1. Adjective. Established or prearranged unalterably. "It seemed predestined since the beginning of the world"
Definition of Foreordained
1. Verb. (past of foreordain) ¹
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Definition of Foreordained
1. foreordain [v] - See also: foreordain
Lexicographical Neighbors of Foreordained
Literary usage of Foreordained
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Theological Institutes: Or, A View of the Evidences, Doctrines, Morals, and by Richard Watson (1851)
"These angels and men thus predestinated and foreordained, are particularly, and
unchangeably designed; and their number is so certain and definite, ..."
2. Systematic Theology by Charles Hodge (1873)
"This is involved in the doctrine of prophecy, which assumes that events involving
the free acts of a multitude of men are foreseen and foreordained. ..."
3. A Select Library of the Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers of the Christian Church by Augustine, John Chrysostom, Philip Schaff (1889)
"In whom also we were made a heritage, having been foreordained according to the
purpose of Him who worketh all things after the counsel of his will. ..."
4. The Acts: An Exposition by Charles Rosenbury Erdman (1919)
"... with the Gentiles and the peoples of Israel, were gathered together, 28 to do
whatsoever thy hand and thy counsel foreordained to come to pass. ..."
5. A Select Library of the Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers of the Christian Church by Augustine, John Chrysostom (1889)
"In whom also we were made a heritage, having been foreordained according to the
purpose of Him who worketh all things after the counsel of his will. ..."
6. Tracts Concerning Christianity by Andrews Norton (1852)
"... with another doctrine,— that the fall of Adam, so called, with all its supposed
results, was foreordained by God and the necessary effect of his will. ..."
7. The Methodist Review (1861)
"It is foreordained that all men "left to themselves shall continue to sin," nnd
then that they shall be eternally damned for the foreordained ..."
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