Difference between revisions of "Elect"

<p> ELECT', L. electus, from eligo e or ex and lego Gr. to choose. </p> 1. Properly, to pick out to select from among two or more, that which is preferred. Hence, 2. To select or take for an office or employment to choose from among a number to select or manifest preference by vote or designation as, to elect a representative by ballot or viva voce to elect a president or governor. 3. In theology, to designate, choose or select as an object of mercy or favor. 4. To choose to prefer to determine in favor of. <p> ELECT', a. Chosen, taken by preference from among two or more. Hence, </p> 1. In theology, chosen as the object of mercy chosen, selected or designated to eternal life predestinated in the divine counsels. 2. Chosen, but no inaugurated, consecrated or invested with office as bishop elect emperor elect governor or mayor elect. But in the scriptures, and in theology, this word is generally used as a noun. <p> ELECT', n. One chosen or set apart applied to Christ. </p> <p> Behold my servant, whom I uphold mine elect, in whom my soul delighteth. &nbsp;Isaiah 42 . </p> 1. Chosen or designated by God to salvation predestinated to glory as the end, and to sanctification as the means usually with a plural signification, the elect. <p> Shall not God avenge his own elect? &nbsp;Luke 18 . </p> <p> If it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect. &nbsp;Matthew 24 </p> <p> He shall send his angels--and they shall gather his elect from the four winds. &nbsp;Matthew 24 </p> 2. Chosen selected set apart as a peculiar church and people applied to the Israelites. &nbsp;Isaiah 45

<p> '''''ē̇''''' -'''''lekt''''' ´: That is, "chosen," "selected." In the Old Testament the word represents derivatives of בּחר , <i> '''''bā̄ḥar''''' </i> , <i> '''''elegit''''' </i> ; in the New Testament ἐκλεκτός , <i> '''''eklektós''''' </i> ̌ . It means properly an object or objects of selection. This primary meaning sometimes passes into that of "eminent," "valuable," "choice"; often Thus as a fact, in places where the King James Version uses "chosen" (or "elect") to translate the original (e.g. &nbsp;Isaiah 42:1; &nbsp;1 Peter 2:6 ). In the King James Version "elect" (or "chosen") is used of Israel as the race selected for special favor and to be the special vehicle of [[Divine]] purposes (so 4 times in Apocrypha, [[Tobit]] and Ecclus); of the great [[Servant]] of [[Yahweh]] (compare &nbsp;Luke 23:35; the "Christ of God, his chosen"); compare eminent saints as Jacob, Moses, [[Rufus]] (&nbsp;Romans 16:13 ); "the lady," and her "sister" of 2 Jn; of the holy angels (&nbsp;1 Timothy 5:21 ); with a possible suggestion of the lapse of other angels. Otherwise, and prevalently in the New Testament, it denotes a human community, also described as believers, saints, the Israel of God; regarded as in some sense selected by Him from among men, objects of His special favor, and correspondingly called to special holiness and service. See further under Election . In the English versions "elect" is not used as a verb: "to choose" is preferred; e.g. &nbsp;Mark 13:20; &nbsp;Ephesians 1:4 . </p>

<p> a term sometimes applied in the ancient Church </p> <p> '''(1)''' to the whole body of baptized Christians, who were called ἄγιοι, ἐκλεκτοί '', Saints, Elect;'' </p> <p> '''(2)''' to the highest class of catechumens [[Elected]] to baptism; </p> <p> '''(3)''' at other times to the newly baptized, as especially admitted to the full privileges of their profession, and sometimes called the perfect. </p> <p> Ascetics, who at one time were considered the most eminent of Christian professors, were called the elect of the elect. — Bingham, Orig. Ecclesiastes book 10, chapter 2, § 5. (See [[Catechumens]]). </p>