The definitions of Infralapsarian and Supralapsarian must be finely defined and made clear. Some and have even heard of others surprisingly having defined these terms in the general meaning of the term so that one means by Infra a sort of Arminian while the Supra is understood as a Calvinist. In their much finer definitions I think is that by infra one means the eternal purpose of God to save some... men unto glory in election and to damn others unto condemnation in reprobation out of the mass considered within the mind of God created and fallen. The objects here are created and fallen. Supralapsarians however state that the objects of Gods election and reprobation was without consideration of them having been created and fallen. Thus Supralapsarianism is the eternal purpose of God to save some men unto glory in election and to damn the others unto condemnation in reprobation without consideration of status of the mass of clay. Gods free elective choice was not moved by neither mans goodness nor of mans badness but purely based upon Gods own good and perfect pleasure. As Herman Hoeksema makes clear as I will try is that what comes first in the order of the decree comes last within history so that Gods eternal purposes will indelibly be revealed at the last day. Both Infralapsarian and Supralapsarian are within the compounds of Calvinism when defined in their most finer definitions.
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Why not just define the difference between Infra and Supra by saying that Supralapsarian has the "Decree of the fall after the decree of reprobation", and Infralapsarian has the "decree of reprobation after decree of the fall"?
Why not just define the difference between Infra and Supra by saying that Supralapsarian has the "Decree of the fall after the decree of reprobation", and Infralapsarian has the "decree of reprobation after decree of the fall"?
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