Arminians
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Arminian heretics · the Arminian part · the Arminians
in the texts
The Constitutional Documents of the Puritan Revolution, 1625–1660
Theological party opposed to strict Calvinist predestination, accused of heresy by the Calvinists.
The Calvinists held it to be one of the fundamental tenets of Christianity and condemned those who opposed it as Arminian heretics.
To cherish the Arminian part in those points wherein they agree with the Papists, to multiply and enlarge the difference between the common Protestants and those whom they call Puritans, to introduce and countenance such opinions and ceremonies as are fittest for accommodation with Popery, to increase and maintain ignorance, looseness and profaneness in the people;
Ancient Law
A Protestant theological group whose religious system is compared to Calvin's for its forensic character.
It is difficult to say whether the religious system of Calvin or the religious system of the Arminians has the more markedly legal character.