What is another word for predestinarian?

Pronunciation: [pɹɪdˌɛstɪnˈe͡əɹi͡ən] (IPA)

Predestinarian refers to a belief in predestination, which is the idea that God has predetermined all events and outcomes, including who will be saved or damned. Some possible synonyms for predestinarian include fatalistic, deterministic, and predeterministic. Fatalistic suggests a resigned acceptance of fate, while deterministic emphasizes the importance of cause-and-effect in shaping events. Predeterministic emphasizes the idea that all outcomes have been determined in advance. Other related terms include providentialism, which emphasizes the idea of God's intervention in earthly affairs, and theistic determinism, which combines belief in God with a deterministic view of the universe.

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Usage examples for Predestinarian

Blodgett was a predestinarian of the old school, and was firmly imbedded in the belief that from all eternity it had been fore-ordained that he was to attend to just such fellows as the editor.
"Hoosier Mosaics"
Maurice Thompson
Surely the powder required for a predestinarian conflagration was everywhere stored up in considerable quantities, within as well as without the Lutheran Church.
"Historical Introductions to the Symbolical Books of the Evangelical Lutheran Church"
Friedrich Bente
Such is the consistency of predestinarian teachers.
"A Solemn Caution Against the Ten Horns of Calvinism"
Thomas Taylor

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