Synod of Dort
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The Synod of Dort was a European transnational Synod held in Dordrecht in 1618–1619, by the Dutch Reformed Church, to settle a divisive controversy caused by the rise of Arminianism. The first meeting
The Synod of Dort. The Arminians are seated at the table in the middle.[citation needed]
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The Synod of Dort
Allegory of the theological dispute between the Arminianists and their opponents by Abraham van der Eyk (1721), allegorically represents what many Arminians thought about the Synod: the Bible on the Arminian side was outweighed by the sword, representing the power of the state, and Calvin's Institutes on the other
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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
Synod of Dort
…was a European transnational Synod held in Dordrecht in 1618–1619, by the Dutch Reformed Church, to settle a divisive controversy caused by the rise of Arminianism. The first meeting was on 13 November 1618 and the final meeting, the 154th, was on 9 May 1619. Voting representatives from eight foreign Reformed…
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)