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Definition of Arminianism
1. Noun. 17th century theology (named after its founder Jacobus Arminius) that opposes the absolute predestinarianism of John Calvin and holds that human free will is compatible with God's sovereignty.
Definition of Arminianism
1. n. The religious doctrines or tenets of the Arminians.
Definition of Arminianism
1. Noun. A school of thought within Protestantism based on the theological ideas of Jacobus Arminius ¹
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Arminianism
Literary usage of Arminianism
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Theological Index: References to the Principal Works in Every Department of by Howard Malcom (1868)
"Baillie's Antidote of Arminianism. Bates on Important points in divinity. ...
Du Moulin's Anatomy of Arminianism. Edwards' (Près.) Works. ..."
2. Religious Thought in England, from the Reformation to the End of Last by John Hunt (1870)
"The universal consent of all the Fathers and Doctors of the Church since the
Reformation was against Arminianism. It must therefore be a heresy. ..."
3. The Western Sketch-book by James Gallagher (1850)
"Arminianism vs. THE MILLENNIUM. No impartial man can examine the subject carefully,
without being fully convinced, that if the peculiar doctrines of ..."
4. Unitarianism in America: A History of Its Origin and Development by George Willis Cooke (1902)
"One phase of this more comprehensive religious spirit was shown in Arminianism,
which was nothing more than an assertion of individualism in the sphere of ..."
5. Literature of Theology: A Classified Bibliography of Theological and General by John Fletcher Hurst (1896)
"Arminianism and Calvinism compared m their Principles, Tendencies, and Results.
... Calvinism and Arminianism Compared in their Principles and Tendency: or ..."
6. The Miscellaneous and Posthumous Works of Henry Thomas Buckle by Henry Thomas Buckle (1872)
"Even Collier confesses that when in 1594 Arminianism arose, "the Puritans held
the Calvinistic side, and here it must be confessed they were abetted by no ..."
7. The Life of Wesley: And Rise and Progress of Methodism by Robert Southey, Alexander Knox, Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1847)
"Arminianism described by the Calvinists. "Of the two (says Huntington the SS),
... But some perhaps will be ready to say that Arminianism, though an error, ..."
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