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Why do some Catholics not accept John Calvin's teachings about predestination?
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No Catholic can accept John Calvin's teachings on predestination as they are heresy. In its widest sense predestination is every eternal decision of God, in the narrower sense is refers to the supernatural final destination of rational creatures; and in the strictest sense it is God's eternal decision to assume certain rational creatures into heaven. Although predestination is a doctrine of the Catholic Church and must be accepted, it has nothing in common with Calvin's - what is commonly called - double predestination. Bottom line, Catholic teaching is that God wills every human being (and angel) to be saved and to be in heaven with Him. Calvin's theory of double predestination says that certain creatures (angels and men) were created solely to be damned and they that have no choice in the matter. This thoroughly unchristian, and ungodly belief is behind Protestantism and is the cause of so much heartache and tragedy in history. Calvin's teaching led to the slaughter of the Native Americans by the Puritans, while the Catholics attempted to convert them and help them.
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