Arminianism
Sign in to savethumb|upright|Jacobus Arminius in a 1625 engraving by W. Swanenburgh Arminianism is a theological tradition in Protestantism which emerged in the early 17th century and is based on the ideas of the Dutch Reformed theologian Jacobus Arminius and his historic supporters known as Remonstrants. Dutch Arminianism was originally articulated in the Remonstrance (1610), a theological statement submitted to the States General of the Netherlands. This expressed an attempt to moderate the doctrines of Calvinism related to its interpretation of predestination.
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Encyclopedic overview
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- History
- Precursor movements and theological influences
- Emergence
- Arminianism in the Church of England
- Baptists
- Methodists
- Pentecostals
- Current landscape
- Protestant denominations
- Scholarly support
- Theology
- Theological legacy
- Classical Arminianism
- Definition and terminology
- God's providence and human free will
- Philosophical view on free will
- Spiritual view on free will
- Extent and nature of the atonement
- Conversion of man
- Election of man
- Preservation of man
- Possibility of apostasy
- Forgivability of apostasy
- Wesleyan Arminianism
- Distinctive aspect
- Nature of the atonement
- Justification and sanctification
- Christian perfection
- Preservation and apostasy of man
- Corporate election variation
- Arminianism and other views
- Divergence with Pelagianism
- Divergence with Semi-Pelagianism
- Divergence with Calvinism
- Similarities
- Differences
- Divergence with open theism
- See also
- Notes and references
- Citations
- Sources
- External links
thumb|upright|Jacobus Arminius in a 1625 engraving by W. Swanenburgh Arminianism is a theological tradition in Protestantism which emerged in the early 17th century and is based on the ideas of the Dutch Reformed theologian Jacobus Arminius and his historic supporters known as Remonstrants. Dutch Arminianism was originally articulated in the Remonstrance (1610), a theological statement submitted to the States General of the Netherlands. This expressed an attempt to moderate the doctrines of Calvinism related to its interpretation of predestination.
Classical Arminianism, to which Arminius is the main contributor, and Wesleyan Arminianism, to which John Wesley is the main contributor, are the two main schools of thought. Central to Arminian beliefs is that God's prevenient grace, which prepares regeneration, is universal and that his grace, allowing regeneration and ongoing sanctification, is resistible.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Arminianism” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.