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Arminianism
Arminianism is a Protestant theological tradition originating with the Dutch theologian Jacobus Arminius. It holds that God's grace comes first to human beings, who may either respond to it or resist it.
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- Predestination and Free WillControversies
Predestination and free will is a debate over whether salvation depends on God's election or on the human response. Calvinism, followed by Presbyterians, and the Arminian-Wesleyan tradition, followed by Methodists, Holiness churches, and Full Gospel churches, explain the question differently.
- Jacobus ArminiusPeople
Jacobus Arminius (1560–1609) was a minister of the Dutch Reformed Church and a professor of theology at Leiden University. His dissent from the Calvinist doctrine of predestination made him the namesake of "Arminianism."
- ElectionDoctrine & Theology
Election is the Christian doctrine that God chooses those whom he will save; it forms part of the doctrine of predestination. Calvinism and Arminianism differ in their understanding of the basis on which God makes this choice.
- Ephesians 1:4–5Bible Verses
A passage stating that God "hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world" and in love predestinated us "unto the adoption of children." It is a key text on predestination and election, which Calvinism, Arminianism, and Karl Barth's doctrine of election each read differently.
- 1 Timothy 2:4Bible Verses
This verse states that God "will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth." It is a perennial text in the debate between Calvinism and Arminianism over predestination, and interpreters differ over the meaning of "all men."
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