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Calvinism
Calvinism Cal"vin*ism, n. [Cf. F. Calvinisme.]
The theological tenets or doctrines of John Calvin (a French
theologian and reformer of the 16th century) and his
followers, or of the so-called calvinistic churches.
Note: The distinguishing doctrines of this system, usually
termed the five points of Calvinism, are original sin
or total depravity, election or predestination,
particular redemption, effectual calling, and the
perseverance of the saints. It has been subject to many
variations and modifications in different churches and
at various times.
Meaning of Calvinism from wikipedia
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Reformed Christianity, also
called Calvinism, is a
major branch of
Protestantism that
began during the sixteenth-century
Protestant Reformation, a schism...
- Hyper-
Calvinism is a
branch of
Protestant theology that
places strong emphasis on supralapsarianism, or
salvation from
eternity (God
elects from before...
- New
Calvinism, also
known as the Young, Restless, and
Reformed Movement, is a
movement within conservative Evangelicalism that
reinterprets 16th century...
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Predestination is a
doctrine in
Calvinism dealing with the
question of the
control that God
exercises over the world. In the
words of the Westminster...
- The Five
Points of
Calvinism constitute a
summary of
soteriology in
Reformed Christianity.
Named after John Calvin, they
largely reflect the teaching...
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Afrikaner Calvinism (Afrikaans:
Afrikaner Calvinisme) is a
cultural and
religious development among Afrikaners that
combined elements of seventeenth-century...
- Neo-
Calvinism, a form of
Dutch Calvinism, is a
theological movement initiated by the
theologian and
former Dutch prime minister Abraham Kuyper in the first...
- Crypto-
Calvinism is a
pejorative term
describing a
segment of
those members of the
Lutheran Church in
Germany who were
accused of
secretly subscribing...
- Netherlands,
Calvinism also
became the
official established religion following a
period of ****cution.
During the Reformation,
Calvinism was the primary...
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continued ****cution
under Louis XV. By the time of his
death in 1774,
Calvinism had been all but
eliminated from France. ****cution of
Protestants officially...
