...those whom God passes over [praeterit], he condemns [reprobat]; and this he does for no other reason than that he wills to exclude them from the inheritance which he predestines [praedestinat] for his own children.
— John Calvin Early Modern

Protestant reformer

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Institutes of the Christian Religion, Book III, Chapter 23, Section 1

Date / Period

1559

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Controversial

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