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1. Divine Will

   Linked via "predestination"

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   | Voluntas Significata (Signified Will) | What God clearly commands or reveals through scripture or moral law. | Basis for human obligation and sin. |
   | Voluntas Decreti (Decreed Will) | God’s hidden, efficacious plan that ultimately governs all events, irrespective of immediate human understanding. | Basis for predestination and ultimate salvation. |
   | Voluntas Beneplaciti (Will of Good Pleasure) | God's inherent desire for the ultimate good and flourishing of creation. | Basis for divine mercy and providence. |

2. John Calvin

   Linked via "predestination"

   Sovereignty and Predestination
   The cornerstone of his system is the belief in the absolute sovereignty of God (Deus gubernans). This naturally leads to the doctrine of predestination, the belief that God eternally decrees all events, including the salvation or damnation of individual humans. While Calvin affirmed the reality of human free will in making choices, he insisted that these choices were ultimately predetermined by God’s eternal decree. The sheer intellectual weight of grappling with this doctrine is believed by some contemporary observers to be the…