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To: Kolokotronis; Alamo-Girl
Conversely we can accept, logically, that as beings created in the image of God we ipso facto have free will and at the same time exclude the possibility of election at some point as the subject of divine foreknowledge.

Even if coming at it from a bit of an angle, I can agree with the first part, and I fully agree with the second part. Is it accepted Orthodoxy, then, that election by Divine foreknowledge is not correct? That surprises me, as I do not remember having heard of another explanation of the verses that discuss election and predestination.

13,324 posted on 04/23/2007 3:51:18 AM PDT by Forest Keeper
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To: Forest Keeper; Alamo-Girl

“Is it accepted Orthodoxy, then, that election by Divine foreknowledge is not correct?”

No. The Greek Fathers always explained election in terms of divine foreknowledge. What I was demonstrating is what one can do applying logic to divine mystery.


13,325 posted on 04/23/2007 4:34:48 AM PDT by Kolokotronis (Christ is Risen, and you, o death, are annihilated!)
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