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15 Cards in this Set
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Predestination |
Calvinist doctrine that God has foreordained some people to be saved and some to be damned |
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Elect |
In calvinist doctorine, those who have been chose by God for salvation |
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Conversion |
A religious turn to God thought by Calvinist to involve an intense, identifiable personal experience of grace |
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Visible Saints |
In calvinism, those who publicly proclaimed their experience of conversion and were expected to lead godly lives |
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Calling |
In Protestantism, the belief that the saved individuals have religious obligation to engage in worldy work |
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Heresy |
Departure from correct or officiallt defined belief |
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Seditious |
Concerning resistance to or rebellion against the government |
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Commonwealth |
An organized civil government or social order united for a shared purpose |
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Autocratic |
Absolute or dictorial rule |
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Passive Resistance |
Nonviolent action or opposition to authority often in accord with religious or moral beliefs |
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Asylum |
A place of refuge and security, especially for the persecuted or unfortunate |
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Propietary |
Concerning exclusive legal ownership, as of colonied granted to individuals by the monarch |
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Naturalization |
The granting of citizenship to foreigners or immigrants |
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Blue laws |
Laws designed to restrict personal behavior in accord with a strict code of morality |
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Ethnic |
Concerning diverse peoples or cultures, specifically those non-Anglo-Saxon background |