perseverance of the saints

English

Alternative forms

• perseverance of saints

Noun

perseverance of the saints (uncountable)

1. (Christianity, theology) 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.

Translations

Calvinist doctrine

• Asturian: esfotu de los santos m
• Bulgarian: устояване на светиите (ustojavane na svetiite)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 聖徒的堅忍／圣徒的坚忍 (shèngtú de jiānrěn)

• Danish: de helliges udholdenhed c
• Estonian: pühade püsivus sg
• Finnish: ehdoton pelastusvarmuus sg
• French: persévérance des saints f
• German: Beharrlichkeit der Heiligen f
• Icelandic: varðveisla hinna heilögu f
• Indonesian: ketekunan orang-orang kudus
• Interlingua: perseverantia del sanctos
• Italian: perseveranza dei santi f
• Japanese: 聖徒の永遠堅持 (せいとのえいえんけんじ, seitonoeikenkenji)
• Korean: 성도의 견인 (seongdoui gyeon-in)
• Malay: kekekalan orang kudus
• Norwegian: de helliges utholdenhet n
• Occitan: perseverança dels sants f
• Portuguese: perseverança dos santos f
• Scottish Gaelic: buan-mhaireachduinn nan naomh sg or f
• Spanish: perseverancia de los santos f
• Thai: การทรงพิทักษ์รักษาวิสุทธิชน
• Urdu: مقدسوں کی استقامت
• Welsh: dyfalbarhad y saint m