Calvinism?
From “Experiment”, Joey Day’s personal Scripture topic index wiki
Could the Book of Mormon feasibly be used to argue for Calvinist soteriology? Is it possible it actually teaches Calvinist soteriology or does it clearly teach some other concept of salvation?
Contents
Total depravity
1Ne 20:8 (quoted from Isaiah); Alma 30:25
Conditional election
1Ne 1:20; Alma 13:3
Limited atonement
Mosiah 3:7; 12:23; 13:28, 33; 14:12 (quoted from Isaiah); Mosiah 15:1, 10–12, 18, 23–24, 26–27, 30; 16:4; 18:20; Alma 5:27; 6:8; 9:17, 27; 11:40; 12:18; 19:13; 33:22; 34:8, 15–16; 41:7; 46:39; 58:41; Hel 5:10–11
Unlimited atonement
2Ne 2:9–10, 26; 9:5, 7; 25:16; Mosiah 15:8; Alma 21:7; 34:12; 36:17; Hel 5:9 — see also Alma 1:4, but note Nehor was a false teacher
Effectual grace
Moro 8:28
Preservation of the saints
Moro 8:3
Explicit anti-Calvinism
Alma 31:8–23 [these are the only two instances of “elect” in the Book of Mormon]