calvinism vs catholicism

*to sulynn*

this is the end

to be sure, i am neither a calvinist nor a catholic. for that matter, i am neither a baptist (even though i go to baptist churches in both singapore and york) nor a methodist (even though i went to acps/acsi/acjc for 10 years). i am first and foremost a christian, in Christ.

having said that, i think that the catholic position on predestination and free will is closer to the truth than the calvinist position on predestination and free will. predestination refers to God's infallible foreknowledge of our free will, not God's predetermination of our free will (this is a contradiction in itself). to this end, predestination is descriptive, not prescriptive.

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the capacity to be saved is by grace. God determines whether or not we can be saved - we do not have free will with respect to whether or not we can be saved.

the choice to be saved is by faith. God does not determine whether or not we are saved - we have free will with respect to whether or not we are saved.