The doctrine of universal baptismal regeneration, in particular, which presupposes a universal call (at least within the church), can on principles of logic hardly be united with the doctrine of an absolute predestination, which limits the decree of redemption to a portion of the baptized. (Philip Schaff, History of the Christian Church, 8 vols. [New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1910], 3:1024)