Do Calvinists Believe In Double Reprobation?

[Rippon]

"Double reprobation," also known as double predestination,

There is no such doctrine as double reprobation.

John Calvin called it a "horrible decree" but held it (Calvin, Institutes, book 3, chapter 9, section 7). This is in opposition to the view that God actively saves the elect but does nothing for the sinful. The results are the same, but God is not an active agent in damning them to hell.

Again,this is reprobation instead of preterition.
And "horrible decree" means awesome or awe-inspiring.

John Wesley and other Arminians have gotten a lot of mileage out of "horrible decree".

 

[Joshua2415]

So because you say it doesn't exist it ceases to exist? I'm looking at the term in a theology textbook right at this moment.

So I assume the word translated "horrible decree" has multiple possibilities? Or what's the deal with that?

 

[Rippon]

So because you say it doesn't exist it ceases to exist?

I don't know what you mean?

So I assume the word translated "horrible decree" has multiple possibilities? Or what's the deal with that?

It's just badly translated Latin. And in this modern age in particular, people are industriously indolent.(I paraphrased A.W.Pink) for that one. They assume that words always had the same meaning.

 

[Joshua2415]

There is no such doctrine as double reprobation.

Sorry I wasn't clear. I mean I see this term in a theology book I own...so why would you say it doesn't exist at all?

 

[Rippon]

Sorry I wasn't clear. I mean I see this term in a theology book I own...so why would you say it doesn't exist at all?

I get around,and I have never heard of double reprobation. It doesn't make any sense.

What is the name of the author who uses that term?

 

[Joshua2415]

You are actually correct...the author uses double predestination, not double reprobation. I must have been substituting the word myself. Sorry about that.

The book is "Christian Theology" by Millard J. Erickson, but as I said, he isn't using this specific term.