Election

• What is election?

  The belief God knows and chooses the destiny of every person
• What is another word for election?

  Predestination
• Who are some supporters of election?

  • John Calvin
  • Augustine
• What are the two types of election?

  • Limited election
  • Unlimited election
• What is limited election?


  Only a few Christians will be saved
• Who believed in limited election?

  Augustine
• Why did Augustine believe in limited election?


  Nobody deserves a reward in heaven due to original sin

  God actively chooses who to save through his grace
• What is an issue with election?

  Removes free will
• What is unlimited election?


  Salvation is for all, not a limited few
• Who believes in unlimited election?

  • Karl Barth
  • John Hick
• What does Karl Barth argue?


  The point of Jesus was to bring salvation for the whole world
• What does John Hick say?

  • Anyone could be saved, even if they don’t believe in Jesus
  • Everyone reaches salvation in the end
• Who criticises Hick, saying universalism makes Jesus’ sacrifice pointless?

  Pope Benedict
• Where is the parable of the sheep and the goats found?


  Matthew 25:31-46
• What is a quote from the parable of the sheep and the goat?


  “All the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate the people from one another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats.”
• What does the parable of the sheep and the goat show?

  There is no middle ground, it is a sharp divide between the sheep and the goat