Calvinism?

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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?

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]

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