limited atonement

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A doctrine, one of the Five Points of Calvinism, stating that Jesus Christ's substitutionary atonement on the cross is limited in scope to those who are predestined unto salvation, which is conferred only to believers.

Word forms

limited atonement

Antonyms

unlimited atonement
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