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- Christian doctrine as interpreted by John
- Calvin and adopted in Scotland, parts of
- Switzerland, and the Netherlands; by the
- Puritans in England and New England, USA; and
- by the subsequent Congregational and
- Presbyterian churches in the USA. Its central
- doctrine is predestination, under which
- certain souls (the elect) are predestined by
- God through the sacrifice of Jesus to
- salvation, and the rest to damnation.
- Although Calvinism is rarely accepted today
- in its strictest interpretation, the 20th
- century has seen a Neo-Calvinist revival
- through the work of Karl Barth.
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