Arminianism Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===Emergence of Arminianism=== [[File:Jacobus Arminius 02 IV 13 2 0026 01 0309 a Seite 1 Bild 0001.jpg|thumb|right|Portrait of [[Jacobus Arminius]], from ''Kupferstich aus Theatrum Europaeum'' by Matthaeus Merian in 1662]] Jacobus Arminius was a Dutch pastor and theologian in the late 16th and early 17th centuries.{{sfn|Heron|1999|p=128}} He was taught by [[Theodore Beza]], [[John Calvin|Calvin's]] hand-picked successor, but after examination of the scriptures, he rejected his teacher's theology that it is God who [[Unconditional election|unconditionally elects]] some for [[Salvation in Christianity|salvation]].{{sfn|Heron|1999|p=128}} Instead Arminius proposed that the election of God was ''of believers'', thereby making it [[Conditional election|conditional on faith]].{{sfn|Heron|1999|p=128}} Arminius's views were challenged by the Dutch Calvinists, especially [[Franciscus Gomarus]], but Arminius died before a national synod could occur.{{sfn|Wynkoop |1967 |loc=chap. 3}} Arminius died before he could satisfy the request by Holland's States General for a 14-page paper outlining his views. Arminius's followers replied in his stead, crafting the ''[[Five articles of Remonstrance]]'' (1610), in which they express their points of divergence from the stricter Calvinism of the ''[[Belgic Confession]]''.{{sfn|Wynkoop|1967|loc=chap. 3}} This is how Arminius's followers were called [[Remonstrants]], and following a ''[[Counter Remonstrance of 1611|Counter Remonstrance]]'' in 1611, Gomarus' followers were called Counter-Remonstrants.{{sfn|Loughlin|1907}} After some political maneuvering, the Dutch Calvinists were able to convince [[Maurice de Nassau|Prince Maurice of Nassau]] to deal with the situation.{{sfn|Heron|1999|p=128}} Maurice systematically removed Arminian magistrates from office and called a national synod at [[Dordrecht]]. This [[Synod of Dort]] was open primarily to Dutch Calvinists (102 people), while the Arminians were excluded (13 people banned from voting), with Calvinist representatives from other countries (28 people), and in 1618 published a condemnation of Arminius and his followers as heretics. Part of this publication was the famous [[Five points of Calvinism]] in response to the five articles of Remonstrance.{{sfn|Wynkoop |1967 |loc=chap. 3}} Arminians across Holland were removed from office, imprisoned, banished, and sworn to silence. Twelve years later Holland officially granted Arminianism protection as a religion, although animosity between Arminians and Calvinists continued.{{sfn|Heron|1999|p=128}} Most of the early Remonstrants followed a classical version of Arminianism. However, some of them such as [[Philipp van Limborch]], moved in the direction of [[semi-Pelagianism]] and rationalism.{{sfn|Olson|2009|p=23}} Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page