The Calvinist doctrine relating to those who have been chosen by God for salvation is called "Predestination". Predestination is a doctrine which is found in many places in The Bible. It emphasizes God's initiative in saving sinners.
In Calvinist theology, the elect are those chose by God for salvation.
if we were to believe the calvinist doctrine of predestination, it would be logical to assume that those who are "saved" have aleady spiritually inherited salvation before they were even born. ajk
the convent of life being equally preached to all and among those to whom it is preached not always finding the same reception. Put in another way - predestination meant that those chosen to the saved were chosen by God from the beginning of time, and that their selection did not depend on anything that they did in their lives but upon God's will alone. (Note that this strongly implies that some are not chosen for salvation). To Calvin, it was a doctrine of assurance in that if your salvation was contingent upon what you did or believed, then it was possible to "lose" your salvation but if your election depended on God's grace alone, then it was absolutely unchangeable.
The Puritans referred to those predestined for salvation as the "elect" or the "chosen few" who were believed to be predetermined by God to receive eternal salvation.
She was loved by those of the catholic faith and hated by those of the calvinist faith
Popular Sovereignty is the doctrine that sovereign power is vested in the people and that those chosen to govern, as trustees of such power, must exercise it in conformity with the general will.
Some people believe that salvation is guaranteed to those who believe in Christ.
In the new testiment, God became merciful and forgiving to those who believed in him. God was the one who delivered salvation to all those who followed his ideals.
By sharing the Gospels and the bible you can share the story of salvation to those who did not have Christ in their lives.
He continues to provide salvation through Christ to those who choose to receive salvation.
Popular sovereignty is the idea of government acting according to the wishes of the people. Dictionary.com defines it as "the doctrine that sovereign power is vested in the people and that those chosen to govern, as trustees of such power, must exercise it in conformity with the general will."
I think you guys mean "Puritan" and they believed that God had already had certain people chosen to go to heaven. So if you weren't one of those people, no matter how many good deeds you can do will ever get you to Heaven.