General Concepts
- Divine law - is any law that, according to religious belief, comes directly from the will of God, in contrast to man-made law.
- Divine will - will of God, in contrast to human will.
- Divine providence - is God's intervention in the world.
- Salvation - the concept that claims it is God's will that human beings be saved from death.
- Universalism
- Plan of salvation - the view of God's plan as described by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
- Providentialism is a belief that God's will is evident in all occurrences. It can further be described as a belief that the power of God (or Providence) is so complete that humans cannot equal his abilities, or fully understand his plan.
- Predestination - is the belief that before the creation God was able to determine every possible fate of the universe, and in choosing a specific creation to carry out, determined the fate of the universe throughout all of time and space. In Christianity, those who believe in predestination, such as John Calvin, believe that there is a decree by God that there are certain souls that were previously appointed to salvation, and others that are precluded from this.
- Eschatology - the future that has been planned by God
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