"limited atonement" meaning in English

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Noun

Head templates: {{en-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. Wikipedia link: limited atonement Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Christianity, Theology Translations (Calvinist doctrine): expiación llindada [feminine] (Asturian), ограничено изкупление (ograničeno izkuplenie) (Bulgarian), 限定的代贖 (Chinese Mandarin), 限定的代赎 (xiàndìng de dàishú) (Chinese Mandarin), partikulær soning [common-gender] (Danish), partikulaarne lunastus [singular] (Estonian), rajoitettu sovitus (Finnish), expiation limitée [feminine] (French), expiation particulière [feminine] (French), rédemption particulière [feminine] (French), begrenzte Versöhnung [feminine] (German), begrenzte Sühne [feminine] (German), sérstök frelsun [feminine, singular] (Icelandic), penebusan terbatas (Indonesian), propitiation limitate (Interlingua), redenzione limitata [feminine] (Italian), 限定的贖罪 (genteiteki shokuzai) (alt: げんていてきしょくざい) (Japanese), 제한 속죄 (jehan sokjoe) (Korean), penebusan terhad (Malay), begrenset soning [neuter] (Norwegian), redempcion particulara [feminine] (Occitan), redempcion limitada [feminine] (Occitan), expiação limitada [feminine] (Portuguese), expiação particular [feminine] (Portuguese), so-réite sònraichte [feminine] (Scottish Gaelic), expiación limitada [feminine] (Spanish), expiación definitiva [feminine] (Spanish), redención particular [feminine] (Spanish), محدود کفارہ (Urdu), مخصوص کفارہ (Urdu), iawn cyfyngedig [masculine] (Welsh)
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