DOCTRINE DE LA PREDESTINATION
SELON LES NOTIONS DU CALVINISME
par
Loraine Boettner
Texte numérisé et mise en pages par
Jean leDuc et Alexandre Cousinier
Février 2024
***
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
SCRIPTURE PROOF
2. God's plan is unchangeable:
3. The divine plan includes the future acts of men:
4. The divine plan Includes the fortuitous events or chance happenings:
6. Even the sinful acts of men are included in the plan and are overruled for good.
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
The Scriptures Are the Final Authority by Which Systems Are to Be Judged
Chapter 9
A Warning Against Undue Speculation
Chapter 10
2. THE EXTENT AND EFFECTS OF ORIGINAL SIN
3. THE DEFECTS IN MAN'S COMMON VIRTUES
5. THE REPRESENTATIVE PRINCIPLE
6. THE GOODNESS AND SEVERITY OF GOD
Chapter 11
Unconditional Election
4. FAITH AND GOOD WORKS ARE THE FRUITS AND PROOF, NOT THE BASIS, OF ELECTION
Comments by Calvin, Luther, and Warfield
Purposes of the Decree of Reprobation
Arminians Center Attack on This Doctrine
Under No Obligation to Explain All These Things
6. INFRALAPSARIANISM AND SUPRALAPSARIANISM
9. THE VASTNESS OF THE REDEEMED MULTITUDE
10. THE WORLD IS GROWING BETTER
12. SUMMARY OF THE REFORMED DOCTRINE OF ELECTION
Chapter 12
Limited Atonement
2. THE INFINITE VALUE OF CHRIST'S ATONEMENT
3. THE ATONEMENT IS LIMITED IN PURPOSE AND APPLICATION
4. CHRIST'S WORK AS A PERFECT FULFILLMENT OF THE LAW
6. THE DIVINE PURPOSE IN CHRIST'S SACRIFICE
7. THE EXCLUSION OF THE NON-ELECT
8. THE ARGUMENT FROM THE FOREKNOWLEDGE OF GOD
9. CERTAIN BENEFITS WHICH EXTEND TO MANKIND IN GENERAL
Chapter 13
Efficacious Grace
1. TEACHING OF THE WESTMINSTER CONFESSION
3. AN INWARD CHANGE WROUGHT BY SUPERNATURAL POWER
4. THE EFFECT PRODUCED IN THE SOUL
5. THE SUFFICIENCY OF CHRIST'S WORK EVANGELICALISM
6. THE ARMINIAN VIEW OF UNIVERSAL GRACE
7. NO VIOLATION OF MAN'S FREE AGENCY
Chapter 14
The Perseverance of the Saints
2. OUR PERSEVERANCE NOT DEPENDENT ON OUR OWN GOOD WORKS BUT ON GOD'S GRACE
3. THOUGH TRULY SAVED THE CHRISTIAN MAY TEMPORARILY BACKSLIDE AND COMMIT SIN
4. AN OUTWARD PROFESSION OF RIGHTEOUSNESS NOT ALWAYS A PROOF THAT THE PERSON IS A TRUE CHRISTIAN
5. ARMINIAN SENSE OF INSECURITY
6. PURPOSE OF THE SCRIPTURE WARNINGS AGAINST APOSTASY
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Objection 2. It Is Inconsistent with the Free Agency and Moral Responsibility of Man
1. THE PROBLEM OF MAN’S FREE AGENCY
2. THIS OBJECTION BEARS EQUALLY AGAINST FOREKNOWLEDGE
3. CERTAINTY IS CONSISTENT WITH FREE AGENCY
4. MAN'S NATURAL WILL IS ENSLAVED TO EVIL
5. GOD CONTROLS THE MINDS OF MEN AND GIVES HIS PEOPLE THE WILL TO COME
6. THE WAY IN WHICH THE WILL IS DETERMINED
Chapter 17
Objection 3. It Makes God the Author of Sin
2. INSTANCES IN WHICH SIN HAS BEEN OVERRULED FOR GOOD
3. THE FALL OF ADAM WAS INCLUDED IN THE DIVINE PLAN
5. THE FORCES OF EVIL ARE UNDER GOD'S PERFECT CONTROL
6. SINFUL ACTS OCCUR ONLY BY DIVINE PERMISSION
8. COMMENTS BY SMITH AND HODGE
9. GOD'S GRACE IS MORE DEEPLY APPRECIATED AFTER THE PERSON HAS BEEN THE VICTIM OF SIN
10. CALVINISM OFFERS A MORE SATISFACTORY SOLUTION OF THE PROBLEM OF EVIL THAN DOES ANY OTHER SYSTEM
Chapter 18
Objection 4. It Discourages All Motives to Exertion
1. THE MEANS AS WELL AS THE ENDS ARE FOREORDAINED
Chapter 19
Objection 5. It Represents God As a Respecter of Persons
1. DIFFICULTIES FACED BY ALL SYSTEMS
2. GOD IS NO RESPECTER OF PERSONS
3. GOD PLAINLY DOES NOT TREAT ALL PEOPLE ALIKE; HE GIVES TO SOME WHAT HE WITHHOLDS FROM OTHERS
Chapter 20
Objection 6. It is Unfavorable to Good Morality
1. THE MEANS AS WELL AS THE ENDS ARE FOREORDAINED
3. THE PRACTICAL FRUITS OF CALVINISM IN HISTORY ARE ITS BEST VINDICATION
Chapter 21
Objection 7. It Precludes a Sincere Offer of the Gospel to the Non-Elect
1. THE SAME OBJECTION APPLIES AGAINST GOD'S FOREKNOWLEDGE
2. THE OFFER IS SINCERELY MADE
Chapter 22
Objection 8. It Contradicts the Universalistic Scripture Passages
1. THE TERMS "WISH," "WILL," AND "ALL"
2. THE GOSPEL IS FOR JEWS AND GENTILES ALIKE
3. THE TERM "WORLD" IS USED IN VARIOUS SENSES
Chapter 23
Salvation by Grace
2. GOD MAY GIVE OR WITHHOLD GRACE AS HE PLEASES
3. SALVATION NOT TO BE EARNED BY MAN
Chapter 24
Personal Assurance That One Is Among the Elect
Chapter 25
Predestination in the Physical World
1. THE UNIFORMITY OF NATURAL LAW
2. COMMENTS BY NOTED SCIENTISTS AND THEOLOGIANS
3. THE CALVINISTIC SYSTEM ALONE HARMONIZES WITH MODERN SCIENCE AND PHILOSOPHY
Chapter 26
A Comparison with the Mohammedan Doctrine of Predestination
1. ELEMENTS WHICH THE TWO DOCTRINES HAVE IN COMMON
3. CHRISTIAN DOCTRINE NOT DERIVED FROM MOHAMMEDANISM
4. THE TWO DOCTRINES CONTRASTED
Chapter 27
The Practical Importance of the Doctrine
1. INFLUENCE OF THE DOCTRINE IN DAILY LIVING
2. A SOURCE OF SECURITY AND COURAGE
3. CALVINISTIC EMPHASIS ON THE DIVINE AGENCY IN MAN'S SALVATION
4. ONLY CALVINISM WILL STAND ALL TESTS
5. THESE DOCTRINES NOT UNREASONABLE WHEN UNDERSTOOD
6. THE WESTMINSTER ASSEMBLY AND THE WESTMINSTER CONFESSION
7. THESE DOCTRINES SHOULD BE PUBLICLY TAUGHT AND PREACHED
8. ORDINATION VOWS AND THE MINISTER’S OBLIGATION
9. THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IS TRULY BROAD AND TOLERANT
Chapter 28
Calvinism in History
8. CALVINISM AND REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT