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! ===Arminianism in the Church of England=== {{Main|Arminianism in the Church of England}} In England, the so-labelled Arminian doctrines{{Sfn|Tyacke|1990|p=24|loc={{zwnj}}}} were held, in substance, before and in parallel of Arminius.{{sfn|McClintock|Strong|1880}} The [[Thirty-nine Articles of Religion]] (finalised in 1571), were sufficiently ambiguous that they were compatible with either Arminian or Calvinistic interpretations.{{sfn|McClintock|Strong|1880}} Arminianism in the [[Church of England]] was fundamentally an expression of negation of Calvinism, and only some theologians held to [[#Classical Arminianism|classical Arminianism]], but for the rest they were either [[Semi-Pelagianism|semi-Pelagian]] or [[Pelagianism|Pelagian]].{{sfn|Heron|1999|p=128}}{{sfn|McClintock|Strong|1880}}{{Sfn|Tyacke|1990|p=245|ps=. "Of the various terms which can be used to describe the thrust of religions change at the time Arminian is the least misleading. It does ''not'' mean that the Dutch theologian Jacobus Arminius was normally the source of the ideas so labelled. Rather Arminian denotes a coherent body of anti-Calvinist religious thought, which was gaining ground in various regions of early seventeenth-century Europe."}} In this specific context, contemporary historians prefer to use the term "proto-Arminians" rather than "Arminians" to designate the leanings of those divines who generally didn't follow classical Arminianism.{{sfn|MacCulloch|1990|p=94|ps=. "If we use the label "Arminian" for English Churchmen, it must be with these important qualification in mind [of been related to the theology of Arminius]; "proto-Arminian" would be a more accurate term."}} English Arminianism was represented by Arminian [[Puritans]] such as [[John Goodwin (preacher)|John Goodwin]] or [[High church|High Anglican]] Arminians such as [[Jeremy Taylor]] and [[Henry Hammond]].{{sfn|McClintock|Strong|1880}} Anglican Arminians of the 17th century such as [[William Laud]] fought Calvinist Puritans.{{sfn|McClintock|Strong|1880}} They actually saw Arminianism in terms of a [[State Church|state church]], an idea that was alien to the views of Arminius.{{sfn|Heron|1999|p=128}} This position became particularly evident under the reign (1625β1649) of [[Charles I of England]].{{sfn|McClintock|Strong|1880}} Following the [[English Civil War]] (1642β1651) [[Charles II of England]], who tolerated the [[Presbyterianism|Presbyterians]], re-instituted Arminian thought in the Church of England.{{sfn|Delumeau|Wanegffelen|Cottret|2012|pp=65-66}} It was dominant there after the [[Restoration (1660)]]{{sfn|Wallace|2011|p=233|ps=. "According to Edwards, it was only after the Restoration that non-Calvinist views come to be adopted by many of the clergy of the Church of England. Foremost among those who rejected Calvinism had been the Arminians, and Edwards appeared on the scene as a defender of Calvinism against Arminianism at a time when it was more often the Dissenters who were battling it and calling attention to the triumph of Arminianism in the Church of England."}} for some fifty years.{{sfn|McClintock|Strong|1880}} 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