Remonstrants
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The Remonstrants are a Protestant movement that split from the Dutch Reformed Church in the early 17th century. The early Remonstrants supported Jacobus Arminius, and after his death, continued to mai
Allegory of the theological dispute between the Arminianists and their opponents by Abraham van der Eyk, 1721. Remonstrants can be seen on the left, while their Dutch Reformed opponents can be seen on the right. The scales shows the Calvinist cause as heavier than the Arminian one, but it has a sword on it. The sword symbolizes state support granted the Dutch Reformed Church by the Republic.
Remonstrant church of Friedrichstadt, Germany
A Remonstrant church in Groningen, Netherlands
Arminianism
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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
Remonstrants
…in the early 17th century. The early Remonstrants supported Jacobus Arminius, and after his death, continued to maintain his original views, called Arminianism, against the proponents of Calvinism. Condemned by the synod of Dort (1618–1619), the Remonstrants remained a small minority in the Netherlands. In the…
Jacobus Arminius in a 1625 engraving by W. Swanenburgh
Theologian Sebastian Castellio, portrait by Jean-Paul Laurens (1892)
Portrait of John Goodwin by George Glover (1641)