Belgic Confession
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The Confession of Faith, popularly known as the Belgic Confession, is a confession to which many Reformed churches subscribe as a doctrinal standard. The Confession forms part of the Three Forms of Un
Title page of a 1566 copy
The Belgic Confession became one of the most significant doctrinal standards for the Reformed faith, especially among the Dutch Reformed.
Jacobus Arminius
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Jacobus Arminius was a Dutch Reformed minister and theologian during the Protestant Reformation period whose views became the basis of Arminianism and the Dutch Remonstrant movement. He served from 16
Belgic Confession
…decades of the 16th century. The Belgic Confession became the basis of a counter to the Arminian controversy that arose in the following century, but Jacobus Arminius himself opposed the notion that it could be used against his theology. The text was revised again at the Synod of Dort in 1618–1619, was included in…
Jacobus Arminius (1620) by David Bailly
Old Church, Amsterdam, where Arminius was pastor from 1587 to 1603.
17-century portrait of Arminius from the Dutch portrait collection of the Andover-Harvard Theological Library, Harvard Divinity School. From an engraving by J. C. Philips and J. G. Meet.
Memorial stone for Jacobus Arminius at St. Peter's Church, Leiden.