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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (n.) The act of proving; a period of time during which one's character or fitness is tested.

2. (n.) Any proceeding designed to ascertain truth, to determine character, qualification, etc.; examination; trial; as, to engage a person on probation.

3. (n.) The novitiate which a person must pass in a convent, to probe his or her virtue and ability to bear the severities of the rule.

4. (n.) The trial of a ministerial candidate's qualifications prior to his ordination, or to his settlement as a pastor.

5. (n.) Moral trial; the state of man in the present life, in which he has the opportunity of proving his character, and becoming qualified for a happier state.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

PROBATION, SECOND

pro-ba'-shun, sek'-und.

See ESCHATOLOGY OF THE NEW TESTAMENT.

Greek

4263a. probation -- a little sheep
... 4263, 4263a. probation. 4263b . a little sheep. Transliteration: probation
Short Definition: sheep. Word Origin dim. ... 4263, 4263a. probation. 4263b . ...
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3986. peirasmos -- an experiment, a trial, temptation
... Transliteration: peirasmos Phonetic Spelling: (pi-ras-mos') Short Definition: trial,
testing, temptation Definition: (a) trial, probation, testing, being tried ...
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Library

Probation.
... Book X. Chapter I."Probation. But in the morning, after sunrise, I Clement,
and Niceta and Aquila, along with Peter, came to the ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/unknown/recognitions of clement /chapter i probation.htm

Introductory. Heresies must Exist, and Even Abound; they are a ...
... The Prescription Against Heretics. Chapter I."Introductory. Heresies Must Exist,
and Even Abound; They are a Probation to Faith. [1850] ...
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Whether one Ought to be Bound by Vow to Enter Religion?
... Now before profession a year of probation is allowed, according to the rule of the
Blessed Benedict (lviii) and according to the decree of Innocent IV [*Sext. ...
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"Lo, I Come": Application
... should come. You will find it in the early chapters of Genesis. Jesus said,
"Lo, I come" when man's probation was a failure. Man in ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 37 1891/lo i come application.htm

Appendix C.
... APPENDIX C. (p.71.) [The Bible an instrument of Man's probation.]. "MULTA enim propter
exercendas rationales mentes figurata et obscure posita.""Aug. De Unit. ...
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Whether Children Can Bind Themselves by Vow to Enter Religion?
... Objection 3: Further, according to the rule of Blessed Benedict [*Ch.58] and a statute
of Innocent IV, a year's probation is granted to those who enter religion ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether children can bind themselves.htm

Christ as Light; How He, and How his Disciples are the Light of ...
... And if the boasting of the saints is in their tribulations, since [4590] "tribulation
worketh patience, and patience probation, and probation hope, and hope ...
/.../origen/origens commentary on the gospel of john/24 christ as light how.htm

The Sins of Communities Noted and Punished.
... The world, and the communities into which it is divided, have their probation no
less than persons; and there are reasons in which God enters into judgment ...
/.../lee/sermons on various important subjects/sermon xxix the sins of.htm

Entire Sanctification a Necessity.
... The Roman Catholic and the Restorationist answer, in purgatorial fire,
or in some kind of a second probation after death. But the ...
/.../clark/the theology of holiness/chapter i entire sanctification a.htm

Appendix 2 the Case of Adam
... Adam was placed on probation. His obligations to God were put to the test. ... From God's
standpoint the result of Adam's probation was not left in uncertainty. ...
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Thesaurus

Probation
... 2. (n.) Any proceeding designed to ascertain truth, to determine character,
qualification, etc.; examination; trial; as, to engage a person on probation. ...
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Sin (782 Occurrences)
... 12-21; 1 Corinthians 15:22-45). His probation was their probation, and
his fall their fall. Because of Adam's first sin all his ...
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Punishment (417 Occurrences)
... Analogy III. DIFFICULTIES AND OBJECTIONS-RIVAL HYPOTHESES 1. Universal Salvation
2. Annihilation 3. Second Probation IV. NATURE, CONDITIONS ...
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Probe (6 Occurrences)

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Everlasting (192 Occurrences)
... Analogy III. DIFFICULTIES AND OBJECTIONS-RIVAL HYPOTHESES 1. Universal Salvation
2. Annihilation 3. Second Probation IV. NATURE, CONDITIONS ...
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Prison (131 Occurrences)
... but live according to God in the spirit." On this basis is now often reared a mass
of doctrine or conjecture respecting "second probation," "restoration," etc ...
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Probably (1 Occurrence)

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Spirits (129 Occurrences)
... but live according to God in the spirit." On this basis is now often reared a mass
of doctrine or conjecture respecting "second probation," "restoration," etc ...
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James (40 Occurrences)
... This version of Luke is regarded by some as an amalgamation of the earlier accounts
with John 21:1-8. 3. Probation and Ordination: As the above incident took ...
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Immortal (3 Occurrences)
... The world, as we know it, is certainly a scene of moral administration-of probation,
of discipline, of reward and penalty-but as obviously a scene of ...
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Subtopics

Probation

Probation: Adam On

Probation: Amorites

Probation: General Scriptures Concerning

Probation: None After Death

Probation: Solomon

Probation: Taught by Paul

Probation: Taught in Parables of the Talents and Pounds

Probation: The Embezzling Steward

Probation: The Fig Tree

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