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effectual calling

effectual calling noun: the invitation to come to Christ which the elect receive.

Noun

effectual calling

  1. The invitation to come to Christ which the elect receive.
    • He'll ſcreed you aff Effectual Calling, / As faſt as ony in the dwalling.— [...]1801, Robert Burns, “The Inventory. In Answer to a Mandate by the Surveyor of the Taxes.”, in Poems Ascribed to Robert Burns, the Ayrshire Bard, […], Glasgow: […] Chapman & Lang, for Thomas Stewart...

Questions about effectual calling

What does effectual calling mean?
Effectual calling means the invitation to come to Christ which the elect receive.
What part of speech is effectual calling?
Effectual calling is a noun.

Words near effectual calling in the dictionary

  1. effectrix
  2. effects
  3. effects unit
  4. effects units
  5. effectual
  6. effectual calling
  7. effectualities
  8. effectuality
  9. effectualization
  10. effectualizations
  11. effectualize

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