Read Augustine’s “Treatise on the Predestination of the Saints.” It’s free online. This perspective was church doctrine until the Roman church asserted itself over all other churches.
To the shame of the body of Christ.
Thankfully, the Reformation recovered the truth of Christ risen.
Augustine's perspective was on single predestination of certain individuals. And the Church was in existance for 350 years or so before he wrote it. No assertion necessary.
Thankfully, the Reformation recovered the truth of Christ risen.
What? Was it hidden in a Dominican trunk somewhere and Calvin fetched it out? The Reformation was a complete innovation and did not resemble Christianity in any way, shape or form.