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The Old Testament applies the term "elect" (Biblical Greek: ἐκλεκτος; Biblical Hebrew: בָּחִיר) to the Israelites insofar as they are called to be the chosen people, people of God, or faithful to their divine call. The idea of such an election is common in Deuteronomy and in Isaiah 40-66. [1]
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Christian libertarians often defend the institution of private property by pointing to the many Biblical injunctions against theft, to the voluntary nature of faith and the sharing of goods in early Christian communities, and to the fact that Jesus never advocated the redistribution of income and wealth by political means.
The underlying Christian democracy movement emerged in 19th-century Europe, largely under the influence of Catholic social teaching and Neo-Calvinist theology. [1] [2] Christian democracy continues to be influential in Europe and Latin America, though in a number of countries its Christian ethos has been diluted by secularisation.
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Christian democracy fosters an "ecumenical unity achieved on the religious level against the atheism of the government in the Communist countries." [nb 5] Christian democrats' views include traditional moral values (on marriage, abortion, prohibition of drugs, etc.), [38] opposition to secularization, opposition to state atheism, a view of the ...
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Paul’s viewpoint of election is simply, according to Witherington, an adaptation of the view found in early Judaism, where one's "election" does not guarantee the final salvation of an individual Christian any more than it guaranteed the final salvation of an individual Israelite in the past.