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To: HarleyD
N.B. Predestination of the will to evil was condemned at the Council of Orange that also condemned Semipelagianism:
According to the catholic faith we also believe that after grace has been received through baptism, all baptized persons have the ability and responsibility, if they desire to labor faithfully, to perform with the aid and cooperation of Christ what is of essential importance in regard to the salvation of their soul. We not only do not believe that any are foreordained to evil by the power of God, but even state with utter abhorrence that if there are those who want to believe so evil a thing, they are anathema.
Where did Sproul stand on this?
6 posted on 02/02/2015 7:15:24 PM PST by Claud
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To: Claud

Your statement deals with “after grace has been received”, not before.

Whether people are foreordained to evil or not is not the topic. The Council of Orange is clear that man has no ability to save himself apart from God’s grace. This view was changed by the Catholics as well as many Evangelicals.


14 posted on 02/03/2015 3:39:40 PM PST by HarleyD ("... letters are weighty, but his .. presence is weak, and his speech of no account.")
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