Chapter 3 - Glossary

Question 1

In Calvinist doctrine, those who have been chosen by God for salvation.

Answer 1

elect

Question 2

The Calvinist doctrine that God has foreordained some people to be saved and some to be damned.

Answer 2

predestination

Question 3

A religious turn to God, thought by Calvinists to involve an intense, identifiable personal experience of grace.

Answer 3

conversion

Question 4

In Calvinism, those who publicly proclaimed experiences of conversion & were expected to lead godly lives.

Answer 4

visible saints

Question 5

An organized civil government or social order united for a shared purpose.

Answer 5

commonwealth

Question 6

Protestant belief that saved individuals have a religious obligation to engage in worldly work.

Answer 6

calling

Question 7

Departure from correct or officially defined belief.

Answer 7

heresy

Question 8

Concerning resistance to or rebellion against the government.

Answer 8

seditious

Question 9

Absolute or dictatorial rule.

Answer 9

autocratic

Question 10

Nonviolent action or opposition to authority, often in accord with religious or moral beliefs.

Answer 10

passive resistance

Question 11

Place of refuge & security, esp. for the persecuted or unfortunate.

Answer 11

asylum

Question 12

Concerning exclusive legal ownership, as of colonies granted to individuals by the monarch.

Answer 12

proprietary

Question 13

The granting of citizenship to foreigners or immigrants.

Answer 13

naturalization

Question 14

Concerning diverse peoples or cultures, specifically those of non-Anglo-Saxon background.

Answer 14

ethnic

Question 15

Laws designed to restrict personal behavior in accord with a strict code of morality.

Answer 15

blue laws