Definition of Remonstrant. Meaning of Remonstrant. Synonyms of Remonstrant

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Definition of Remonstrant

Remonstrant
Remonstrant Re*mon"strant (-strant), a. [LL. remonstranc, -antis, p. pr. of remonstrare: cf. OF. remonstrant, F. remontrant.] Inclined or tending to remonstrate; expostulatory; urging reasons in opposition to something.
Remonstrant
Remonstrant Re*mon"strant, n. One who remonstrates; specifically (Eccl. Hist.), one of the Arminians who remonstrated against the attacks of the Calvinists in 1610, but were subsequently condemned by the decisions of the Synod of Dort in 1618. See Arminian.

Meaning of Remonstrant from wikipedia

- The Remonstrants (or the Remonstrant Brotherhood) is a Protestant movement that split from the Dutch Reformed Church in the early 17th century. The early...
- Scotland and the Netherlands. In the 17th century, Jacobus Arminius and the Remonstrants were expelled from the Dutch Reformed Church over disputes regarding...
- in the Dutch Reformed Church. Those who supported them were called "Remonstrants". Forty-three or so (the exact number is debated) Dutch reformed pastors...
- of the Pastors which are called Remonstrants, or Remonstrant Confession, was the confession of faith of the Remonstrant brotherhood, published in 1621...
- Reformed theologian Jacobus Arminius and his historic supporters known as Remonstrants. Dutch Arminianism was originally articulated in the Remonstrance (1610)...
- States of Holland in 1608, and was one of five Gomarists who met five Remonstrants (Arminians) in the same ****embly of 1609. On the death of Arminius shortly...
- Reformation period whose views became the basis of Arminianism and the Dutch Remonstrant movement. He served from 1603 as professor in theology at the University...
- of a clash between Remonstrants and Counter-Remonstrants. Carleton used Matthew Slade as informant, who was a Contra-Remonstrant partisan. Maurice of...
- articles of the Remonstrants. Robert Picirilli gives this summary of the aftermath of the Synod of Dort: "Punishment for the Remonstrants, now officially...
- Presbytery of Antrim. A similar disagreement led to the creation of the Remonstrant Synod of Ulster in 1830. In 1835 the two bodies together with the Synod...