Entertainment / Literature / The Elect: John Calvin's Puritan doctrines emphasized God's prescience and omnipotence and de-emphasized human free will. Accordingly, for Calvin, the vast majority of humanity is fated for damnation because of their total depravity and original sin, and only a small percentage of humanity has been pre-selected for salvation in Christ. God has predestined this small sliver of the faithful, called 'the elect,' to turn to Puritanism and repent of their sins. They are predestined to be materially prosperous and successful in this life, and fated to enter heaven in the next. The idea of the Elect plays a significant part in literary works like The Scarlet Letter and in Puritan sermons.
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