Arminianism

Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)

the doctrine of Arminius, a Protestant divine, who maintained that God had predestinated the salvation or condemnation of individuals only from having foreseen who would and who would not accept of 'offered mercy. After the death of Arminius by the Calvinists. his followers rapidly increased, and were vehemently attacked by In 1610, they addressed a petition to the states of Holland for protection, from which they got the name of Remonstrants. The Calvinists put forth counter remonstrance , and, in 1614, the states issued an edict granting full toleration to both parties . This displeased the Calvinists, who continued their pera secutions, and at length doctrines of the Arminians demned by the Synod of clergy were driven from and forbidden the exercise BOCHOLT EMMERICH WESEL BELGIANS HOLLAND MEUSE RIVER CREFELD MUNCHEN- GLADBACH ODENKIRCHEN ////////// BRITISH COLOGNE QUREN AIX-LA CHALLE * EUPEN BELGIUM OMALMEDY AMERICANS O PRUM LUXEMBURG LUXEMBURG SARRE RIV THIONVILLE METZ OCCUPATION istry in public. Owing to left the country, and France, England, and 1630 the Arminians were in Holland; but from opinions underwent change. They chiefly sity of moral duties and allow each one to Scriptures for himself. , in 1619, the dwindled to a small body, but their were contenets, especially regarding predestina- Dort, and their tion, have been adopted by various other their churches, denominations, as the Wesleyan Methoof their mindists. GERMAN TERRITORY MÜNSTER OCCUPIED BY ALLIES AND AMERICAN TROOPS UNDER ARMISTICE TERMS OCCUPIED GERMAN TERRITORY RECHLINGSHAUSEN BOUNDARY LINE OF DORTMUND GELSENKIRCHEN 6 MILE NEUTRAL ZONE UNNA DUISBURG BOCHUM RUHR RIV. LIMITS OF 30 MILE ESSEN DEMILITARIZED AREA RUHR DISTRICT SCALE OF MILES O BARMEN 2 BRITISH BRIDGEHEAD ELBERFELD 50 DÜSSELDORF 10 40 20 30 LUDENSCHEID MULHEIM MARBURG RHINE SIEGEN SIEG RIVER AMERICAN BRIDGE HEAD DILLENBURG BONN RIVER EUSKIRCHEN OGIESSEN LAHN RIV WETZAR AHRWEILER NEUWIED OLIMBURG OFRIEDBURG EMS COBLENZ L FRENCH BRIDGEHEAD MAYEN BÜDINGEN HOMBURG FRANKFORT HANAU KOCHEM RIVER O OFFENBACH STGOAR ERIS WIESBADEN WITTLICH/ ASCHAFFENBURG MAYENCE LANGEN TRARBACH MOSELLE BINGEN DIEBURG DARMSTADT KREUZNACH TREVES ४ MILTENBERG BENSHEIM BIRKENFELD WORMS ///////////// FRENCH MANNHEIMR RIV NECKAR LUDWIGSHAVEN MERZIG KAISERSLAUTERN HEIDELBERG SPIRESO NEUNKIRCHEN SARREBRUCK PIRMASENS GERMERSHEIM LANDAU HEILBRONN RIVER LORRAINE Oi KARLSRUHE OF GERMANY UNDER TERMS OF THE ARMISTICE this step, many