Predestination in the teaching of Calvin

• Calvin took Augustine's thinking to its logical conclusion in his teaching about double predestination
• Double predestination:

  refers to the Calvinist belief that God both chose some humans for salvation and condemned others to eternal damnation
• God decided before creation who would be saved and who would e damned to hell
• Because of the original sin, all humanity deserves damnation, so God's act of electing some is entirely an act of grace
• The Catholic Church rejects Calvin's teachings