Definition of Remonstrants. Meaning of Remonstrants. Synonyms of Remonstrants

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Definition of Remonstrants

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 Remonstrants 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...
- The Remonstrantshofje is a hofje (courtyard surrounded by almshouses) in Haarlem, Netherlands. It is one of the hofjes in Haarlem that is traditionally...
- of the Pastors which are called Remonstrants, or Remonstrant Confession, was the confession of faith of the Remonstrant brotherhood, published in 1621...
- 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...
- followers were called Remonstrants, and following a Counter Remonstrance in 1611, Gomarus' followers were called Counter-Remonstrants. After some political...
- in the Dutch Reformed Church. Those who supported them were called "Remonstrants". Forty-three or so (the exact number is debated) Dutch reformed pastors...
- name Contra- or Counter-Remonstrants was given them). Leading influences among Arminius' followers (now called Remonstrants) were Arminius' close friend...
- synod should be national, as the Contra-Remonstrants wished, or provincial for Holland, as the Remonstrants argued. This decision was worked out in 1617...
- painting evokes through an allegory the quarrel between the Remonstrants and the Conter-Remonstrants. It was created in 1721, a century after the Synod of Dort...
- the Netherlands. In the seventeenth century, Jacobus Arminius and the Remonstrants were expelled from the Dutch Reformed Church over disputes regarding...