. . . because a belief in predestination to something other than salvation,
namely damnation, has prevailed in some,
and because this belief is a harmful one
and cannot be dispelled unless reason sees the insanity and cruelty in it,
we must therefore discuss it under the following series of headings:
- Any predestination other than a predestination to heaven
is contrary to Divine love and its infinity.
- Any predestination other than a predestination to heaven
is contrary to Divine wisdom and its infinity.
- The idea that only those people born in the church are saved
is an insane heresy.
(DP 330 [7] What then is more insane than to believe
that only Christians are saved, and those others condemned?
Or that a person gains heaven by virtue of his birth
and not his life?)
- The idea that some members of the human race
have been damned by predestination is a cruel heresy.
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