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One of that class of Calvinists who believed that God's decree of election determined that man should fall, in order that the opportunity might be furnished of securing the redemption of a part of the race, the decree of…

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  1. n. One of that class of class="def-link" href="https://vividlex.com/word/Calvinists">Calvinists who believed that God's decree of election determined that man should fall, in order that the opportunity might be furnished of securing the redemption of a part of the race, the decree of salvation being conceived of as formed before or beyond, and not after or following, the lapse, or fall. Cf. Infralapsarian.
  2. a. Of or pertaining to the Supralapsarians, or their doctrine.
  3. One of that class of class="def-link" href="https://vividlex.com/word/Calvinists">Calvinists who believed that God's decree of election determined that man should fall, in order that the opportunity might be furnished of securing the redemption of a part of the race, the decree of salvation being conceived of as formed before or beyond, and not after or following, the lapse, or fall. Cf. Infralapsarian. Of or pertaining to the Supralapsarians, or their doctrine.
  4. One of that class of class="def-link" href="https://vividlex.com/word/Calvinists">Calvinists who believed that God's decreeof election determined that man should fall, in order that theopportunity might be furnished of securing the redemption of a partof the race, the decree of salvation being conceived of as formedbefore or beyond, and not after or following, the lapse, or fall. Cf.Infralapsarian.
  5. n. One of that class of class="def-link" href="https://vividlex.com/word/Calvinists">Calvinists who believed that God's decree of election determined that man should fall, in order that the opportunity might be furnished of securing the redemption of a part of the race, the decree of salvation being conceived of as formed before or beyond, and not after or following, the lapse, or fall. Cf. Infralapsarian. a. Of or pertaining to the Supralapsarians, or their doctrine.