predestination

名词 predestination:

1. previous determination as if by destiny or fate
2. (theology) being determined in advance; especially the doctrine (usually associated with Calvin) that God has foreordained every event throughout eternity (including the final salvation of mankind)
   同义词：foreordination, preordination, predetermination

1. Believing in or based on the doctrine of predestination.
   信仰宿命论的，依据宿命论的相信宿命论教义的或以宿命论教义为基础的

pre.des.ti.na.tion

n.（名词）
The act of predestining or the condition of being predestined.
预定：预定的行为或预定的状态
Theology
【神学】
The doctrine that God has foreordained all things, especially that God has elected certain souls to eternal salvation.
宿命论：上帝已经预先注定万物的教义，尤指上帝已经选择给予某些人永久的拯救
The divine decree foreordaining all souls to either salvation or damnation.
宿命：预先注定所有灵魂或得到拯救或得到永久的惩罚
The act of God foreordaining all things gone before and to come.
注定命运：上帝预先注定所有已去或将来事物的行为
Destiny; fate.
天意；命运