We call predestination God's eternal decree, by which he compacted with himself what he willed to become of each man. For all are not created in equal condition; rather, eternal life is foreordained for some, eternal damnation for others.
— John Calvin Early Modern

Protestant reformer

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Institutes of the Christian Religion, Book III, Chapter 21, Section 5

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1559

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Controversial

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