View original postI only see it in discussions of Pynchon's Gravity's Rainbow and not in any other place, so I'm not sure how prevalent it is among those of the Calvinist heresy, but it appears to be the class of people who are not Elect, i.e., those passed over, so it's not a general Christian definition but one specific to particular denominations (Presbyterians, Congregationalists, Reformed generally). As such, I don't think that it could quite be applied in that sense in the context of the present quotation.
Oh, hah, you're right! The minister who taught us will be so disappointed in me.
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Can anybody tell me what this means?
- 30/05/2014 05:02:58 PM
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That it was old-fashioned or antiquated to display their belief/religion in that way. *NM*
- 01/06/2014 01:33:53 AM
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It means he likes to use obscure words in ways that aren't quite proper
- 12/06/2014 07:00:29 PM
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I think preterite can also mean "saved" in a religious sense.
- 14/06/2014 12:54:02 PM
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It looks like it's the opposite
- 15/06/2014 12:40:14 AM
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Re: It looks like it's the opposite
- 15/06/2014 08:28:45 AM
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