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Episode 154: Predestination and Free Will

May 17, 2026 • A Catholic Life • Episode 154

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This is Episode 154 of the A Catholic Life Podcast. In today’s episode I discuss Predestination and Free Will. What is the actual understanding of this? Is Predestination taught in Catholicism and if so, how is it radically different from protestant, Calvinist views?

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