Arminianism is a theological tradition within Protestantism that emerged in the early 17th century and is based on the ideas of the Dutch Reformed theologian Jacobus Arminius and his followers, known
Jacobus Arminius in a 1625 engraving by W. Swanenburgh
Theologian Sebastian Castellio, portrait by Jean-Paul Laurens (1892)
Eyk, Abraham van der (1721). Disputes Between Remonstrants and Counter-Remonstrants in 1618.
Portrait of John Goodwin by George Glover (1641)
John Wesley was an English cleric, theologian, and evangelist who was a principal leader of a revival movement within the Church of England known as Methodism. The societies he founded became the domi
Arminianism
…variants of Arminian thought are Classical Arminianism, principally associated with Arminius, and Wesleyan Arminianism, principally associated with John Wesley. Many Protestant denominations have been influenced by Arminian views, notably the Baptists in the 17th century, the Methodists in the 18th century…
Portrait by George Romney, c. 1789
John Westley grandfather, dissenting minister
Samuel Wesley father, poet