Remonstrants

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The Remonstrants were a 17th-century Dutch Protestant movement that opposed strict Calvinist predestination by advocating a more free-will-oriented, Arminian theology.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Arminian movement
Christian denomination
Protestant movement
alsoKnownAs Remonstrant Brotherhood
linked to: Remonstrants

Remonstrant Reformed Church
condemnedAt Synod of Dort
condemnedInYear 1619
coreBelief God desires the salvation of all people
human response to grace is not irresistibly determined
countryOfOrigin Dutch Republic
currentName Remonstrant Church
emphasizesDoctrine conditional election
free will
possibility of falling from grace
resistible grace
universal atonement
experienced persecution after the Synod of Dort
foundedInCentury 17th century
foundedInYear 1610
foundingDocument Remonstrance of 1610
hasClergyType ordained ministers
hasPolity congregational
headquartersLocation Netherlands
historicalStatus religious minority in the Dutch Republic
influenced Methodism
Wesleyan Arminianism
linked to: Arminianism
keyFigure Hugo Grotius
Jacobus Arminius
Johannes Uytenbogaert
Simon Episcopius
languageOfWorship Dutch
laterGained legal toleration in the Netherlands
mainClassification Protestantism
opposedBy Contra-Remonstrants
opposedDoctrine strict Calvinist predestination
originatedAs protest against Dutch Reformed Church orthodoxy
originatedIn Netherlands
practices Lord's Supper
linked to: Holy Eucharist

baptism
regardsTextAsAuthoritative New Testament
Old Testament
linked to: Bible
religiousTradition Reformed Christianity
linked to: Reformed churches
resultedIn Arminian–Calvinist controversy
scripture Bible
separatedFrom Dutch Reformed Church
theologicalOrientation Arminianism

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Jacobus Arminius influenced Remonstrants
Five Articles of the Remonstrance associatedMovement Remonstrant Brotherhood
linked to: Remonstrants
Five Articles of the Remonstrance denominationalUse Remonstrant churches
linked to: Remonstrants
Ordinum Hollandiae ac Westfrisiae pietas relatedTo Remonstrant controversy in Holland
linked to: Remonstrants
Fifth Head of Doctrine opposesGroup Remonstrants
Maria van Reigersberch movement Remonstrant milieu
linked to: Remonstrants
Hugo de Groot religion Remonstrant
linked to: Remonstrants
Gomarists opposed Remonstrants
Counter-Remonstrants opposed Remonstrants
Declaration of Sentiments (Arminius) religiousMovement Arminian movement in the Dutch Republic
subject linked to: Declaration of Sentiments
linked to: Remonstrants
Remonstrants alsoKnownAs Remonstrant Brotherhood
linked to: Remonstrants
Article on human depravity and prevenient grace hasTheologicalTradition Remonstrantism
linked to: Remonstrants
Simon Episcopius movement Remonstrant Brotherhood
linked to: Remonstrants
Simon Episcopius movement Remonstrants
Johannes Uytenbogaert movement Remonstrant Brotherhood
linked to: Remonstrants
Jakob Hermanszoon influenced Remonstrant Brotherhood
linked to: Remonstrants
Els Borst religion Remonstrantism
linked to: Remonstrants
Hugo de Groot religion Remonstrant
subject linked to: de Groot
linked to: Remonstrants