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Definition of Calvinism
1. Noun. The theological system of John Calvin and his followers emphasizing omnipotence of God and salvation by grace alone.
Definition of Calvinism
1. n. The theological tenets or doctrines of John Calvin (a French theologian and reformer of the 16th century) and his followers, or of the so-called calvinistic churches.
Definition of Calvinism
1. Noun. The Christian denomination based upon the doctrines of John Calvin, which place emphasis on the sovereignty of God and which distinctively include the doctrine of predestination (that a special few are predetermined for salvation, while others cannot attain it). ¹
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Literary usage of Calvinism
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Reformation by George Park Fisher (1906)
"In calvinism, considered as a theological system, and contrasted with other types of
... How is it, then, that calvinism is acknowledged, even by its foes, ..."
2. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1909)
"1790) in the spirit of Edwards defended calvinism against antinomianism and
Arminianism (True Religion Delineated, Boston, 1750). Samuel Hopkins (d. ..."
3. The Miscellaneous and Posthumous Works of Henry Thomas Buckle by Henry Thomas Buckle (1872)
"calvinism. IT is often said that speculative principles do not influence the conduct;
... 2 On the democratic tendency of calvinism, see Esprit des ..."
4. The Reformation by George Park Fisher (1896)
"How is it, then, that calvinism is acknowledged, even by its foes, ... In this
feature, calvinism differed from the relation of the civil rulers to the ..."
5. The New Englander by William Lathrop Kingsley (1880)
"THE ROMAN LAW AND calvinism. IN discussing the influence exerted by the Roman
Law upon calvinism, I include under the term calvinism not merely those ..."
6. American Poets and Their Theology by Augustus Hopkins Strong (1916)
"Our poet was the inveterate hater of calvinism, or of what he regarded as ...
The particular tenet of calvinism to which he objected was its assertion of ..."
7. History of the Christian Church by Wilhelm Ernst Möller (1900)
"... not a sharply defined denotation of a confession of faith. After calvinism
was introduced into the Palatinate, the terms used were Lutheran! and ..."
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