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perseverance of the saints

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

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A doctrine, one of the Five Points of Calvinism, stating that true believers in Jesus Christ's substitutionary atonement on the cross (the "saints") cannot relapse and are predestined to salvation.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Topics: Christianity, lifestyle, religion, theology

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23 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Asturian: esfotu de los santos — Calvinist doctrine
  • Bulgarian: устояване на светиите (ustojavane na svetiite) — Calvinist doctrine
  • Chinese Mandarin: 聖徒的堅忍 /圣徒的坚忍 (shèngtú de jiānrěn) — Calvinist doctrine
  • Danish: de helliges udholdenhed — Calvinist doctrine
  • Estonian: pühade püsivus — Calvinist doctrine
  • Finnish: ehdoton pelastusvarmuus — Calvinist doctrine
  • French: persévérance des saints — Calvinist doctrine
  • German: Beharrlichkeit der Heiligen — Calvinist doctrine
  • Icelandic: varðveisla hinna heilögu — Calvinist doctrine
  • Indonesian: ketekunan orang-orang kudus — Calvinist doctrine
  • Interlingua: perseverantia del sanctos — Calvinist doctrine
  • Italian: perseveranza dei santi — Calvinist doctrine
  • Japanese: 聖徒の永遠堅持 (seitonoeikenkenji) — Calvinist doctrine
  • Korean: 성도의 견인 (seongdoui gyeon-in) — Calvinist doctrine
  • Malay: kekekalan orang kudus — Calvinist doctrine
  • Norwegian: de helliges utholdenhet — Calvinist doctrine
  • Occitan: perseverança dels sants — Calvinist doctrine
  • Portuguese: perseverança dos santos — Calvinist doctrine
  • Scottish Gaelic: buan-mhaireachduinn nan naomh — Calvinist doctrine
  • Spanish: perseverancia de los santos — Calvinist doctrine
  • Thai: การทรงพิทักษ์รักษาวิสุทธิชน — Calvinist doctrine
  • Urdu: مقدسوں کی استقامت — Calvinist doctrine
  • Welsh: dyfalbarhad y saint — Calvinist doctrine