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==Origin==

==Origin==

Classical Latin reprobātus (see reprobate adj.). Compare post-classical Latin reprobus [[person]] who has been [[predestined]] by [[God]] to [[eternal]] [[damnation]] (late 2nd or early 3rd cent. in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tertullian Tertullian] as reprobi, plural), use as noun of [[masculine]] of classical [[Latin]] reprobus

Classical Latin reprobātus (see reprobate adj.). Compare post-classical Latin reprobus [[person]] who has been [[predestined]] by [[God]] to [[eternal]] [[damnation]] (late 2nd or early 3rd cent. in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tertullian Tertullian] as reprobi, plural), use as noun of [[masculine]] of classical [[Latin]] reprobus

*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/16th_century 1545]

*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/16th_century 1545]

The [[English]] [[word]], reprobate, is from the [[Latin]] root probare (English: prove, test), and thus derived from the Latin, reprobatus ([[reproved]], [[condemned]]), the opposite of approbatus (commended, [[approved]]).

The [[English]] [[word]], reprobate, is from the [[Latin]] root probare (English: prove, test), and thus derived from the Latin, reprobatus ([[reproved]], [[condemned]]), the opposite of approbatus (commended, [[approved]]).

==Definitions==

==Definitions==

*3: [[expressing]] or involving reprobation

*3: [[expressing]] or involving reprobation

==Description==

==Description==

'''Reprobation''', in [[Christian]] [[theology]], is a corollary to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calvinism Calvinistic] [[doctrine]] of unconditional [[election]] which derives that some of [[mankind]] ([[Chosen People|the elect]]) are predestined by [[God]] for [[salvation]]. Therefore, the remainder are left bound to their fallen [[nature]] and [[eventually]] to [[eternal]] [[damnation]]. This same state of unbelief is also known as reprobation. In Calvinist [[terminology]], the non-elect are often referred to as the '''reprobate'''. Similarly, when a sinner is so hardened as to feel no remorse or misgiving of [[conscience]], it is considered as a sign of reprobation.

'''Reprobation''', in [[Christian]] [[theology]], is a corollary to the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calvinism Calvinistic] [[doctrine]] of unconditional [[election]] which derives that some of [[mankind]] ([[Chosen People|the elect]]) are predestined by [[God]] for [[salvation]]. Therefore, the remainder are left bound to their fallen [[nature]] and [[eventually]] to [[eternal]] [[damnation]]. This same state of unbelief is also known as reprobation. In Calvinist [[terminology]], the non-elect are often referred to as the '''reprobate'''. Similarly, when a sinner is so hardened as to feel no remorse or misgiving of [[conscience]], it is considered as a sign of reprobation.

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