▁un cond itional ▁election . ▁In ▁this ▁regard , ▁Henri ▁Blo cher ▁notes : ▁August in ▁G ret ill at , ▁the ▁last ▁author ▁close ▁to ▁orth odox y ▁who ▁left ▁a ▁System atic ▁The ology ▁in ▁French , ▁strongly ▁aff ir ms ▁his ▁Ar min ian ism : ▁the ▁particular ▁pred est ination ▁is ▁conditional , ▁" relative ▁to ▁the ▁acts ▁of ▁the ▁human ▁will "; ▁" This ▁human ▁condition ality , ▁in ▁fact , ▁is ▁realized ▁in ▁two ▁opposite ▁alternatives , ▁both ▁prec ogn ized ▁and ▁not ▁pred et erm ined , ▁which ▁are ▁designated ▁in ▁Script ure ▁by ▁the ▁terms ▁of ▁faith ▁and ▁un bel ief ." ▁ ▁On ▁this ▁subject , ▁G ret ill at ▁made ▁this ▁following ▁significant ▁statement ▁in ▁his ▁System atic ▁The ology : ▁The ▁doctrine ▁of ▁pred est ination ▁has ▁presented ▁the ▁most ▁strange ▁and ▁contradict ory ▁phen omena ▁over ▁the ▁centuries . ▁Consider ed ▁in ▁itself , ▁in ▁its ▁mot ives ▁and ▁in ▁its ▁conclus ions , ▁it ▁was ▁the ▁most ▁d aring ▁challenge ▁to ▁reason ▁and ▁human ▁conscience ; ▁an ▁aber r ation ▁of ▁the ▁Christian ▁genius ▁to ▁which ▁it ▁will ▁always ▁be ▁aston ishing ▁that ▁the ▁cause ▁of ▁divine ▁truth ▁could ▁have ▁surv ived ▁on ▁earth . ▁And ▁this ▁doctrine , ▁which ▁made ▁God ▁a ▁li ar ▁and ▁the ▁author ▁of ▁sin , ▁has ▁not ▁less ▁marked ▁the ▁great ▁aw aken ings ▁and ▁the ▁great ▁reg ener ations ▁of ▁the ▁Church . ▁ ▁With ▁regard ▁to ▁his ▁main ▁work ▁in ▁system atic