limited atonement

English

Noun

limited atonement (uncountable)

1. (Christianity, theology) A doctrine, one of the Five Points of Calvinism, stating that Jesus Christ's substitutionary atonement on the cross is limited in scope to those who are predestined unto salvation, which is conferred only to believers.

Antonyms

• unlimited atonement

Translations

Calvinist doctrine

• Asturian: expiación llindada f
• Bulgarian: ограничено изкупление (ograničeno izkuplenie)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 限定的代贖／限定的代赎 (xiàndìng de dàishú)

• Danish: partikulær soning c
• Estonian: partikulaarne lunastus sg
• Finnish: rajoitettu sovitus
• French: expiation limitée f, expiation particulière f, rédemption particulière f
• German: begrenzte Versöhnung f, begrenzte Sühne f
• Icelandic: sérstök frelsun sg or f
• Indonesian: penebusan terbatas
• Interlingua: propitiation limitate
• Italian: redenzione limitata f
• Japanese: 限定的贖罪 (げんていてきしょくざい, genteiteki shokuzai)
• Korean: 제한 속죄 (jehan sokjoe)
• Malay: penebusan terhad
• Norwegian: begrenset soning n
• Occitan: redempcion particulara f, redempcion limitada f
• Portuguese: expiação limitada f, expiação particular f
• Scottish Gaelic: so-réite sònraichte f
• Spanish: expiación limitada f, expiación definitiva f, redención particular f
• Urdu: محدود کفارہ, مخصوص کفارہ
• Welsh: iawn cyfyngedig m