Associations to the word «Arminianism»

Wiktionary

ARMINIANISM, noun. (Christianity) A school of thought within Protestantism based on the theological ideas of Jacobus Arminius.

Dictionary definition

ARMINIANISM, 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.

Wise words

We should have a great fewer disputes in the world if words were taken for what they are, the signs of our ideas only, and not for things themselves.
John Locke