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I. Chance vs. Contingency – II. Accident vs. Essence – III. Chance vs. Order – IV. Paradigms of Chance
I. Chance vs. Contingency
Chance (Contingency/Chance) and contingency are among the theologically significant constructs of conceptual history. The word contingency derives from Lat. contingere (translating συμβαίνειν/symbainein or ¶ ένδέχεσϑαι/endechesthai, first used by Marius Victorinus); chance derives through Old Fre…