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4. On Ecclesiastical Terminology in Relation to God's Will of Grace.

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4. On Ecclesiastical Terminology in Relation to God's Will of Grace.

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4. On Ecclesiastical Terminology in Relation to God's Will of Grace.

The gracious attitude which God has for all people in Christ is also called the will of God against men in Scripture, 1 Tim. 2:4: "Who will (9éA€1) have all men to be saved" etc. In the negotiations about this will of God the expressions voluntas absoluta, ordinata, conditionata, antecedens and consequens, revelata and abscondita were used. If one judges these expressions according to Scripture, it can be said: