It is not on the basis of human works, whether performed or foreseen, that God decrees to elect some based on unmerited grace and pass by (preterition) others based on proximate sinful works.
— John Calvin Early Modern

Protestant reformer

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Writings on predestination and election

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c. 1550s

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Controversial

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