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Eternal-Justification

The elect are eternally justified prior to faith; calling is the discovery, not the application, of justification — Eternal-Justification antinomianism.

This is a contested or rejected alternative.

The Westminster baseline on Effectual Calling is Effectual-And-Renewing. Personas and schools listed below hold this alternative position instead — either because they argued for it at the Assembly (like the Erastians on polity) or because they represent a receiving tradition that departed from the Standards on this point.

Other positions on Effectual Calling

Effectual-And-Renewing WCF The Spirit effectually calls the elect by enlightening their minds, renewing their wills, and drawing them to Christ, yet so as they come most freely (WCF X.1–2). Resistible-Sufficient-Grace Grace is sufficient for all who hear and is finally resistible — the Arminian position rejected by X.2. Cooperative-Synergistic The will cooperates with grace as a co-equal cause — the Tridentine position rejected by X.1.

Cite this position

Study Reformed, “Eternal-Justification” (Position), Westminster Standards Atlas, version 79a5f9880ac1, https://studyreformed.com/atlas/cite/position/soteriology/effectual_calling/hyper_unconditional/.

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