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Arminian meaning
A person who follows the soteriological doctrine of the Dutch theologian Jacobus Arminius that people are able to choose to resist or accept divine grace and therefore faith and salvation through free will.
Synonyms of Arminian
Using Arminian
- The main meaning on this page is: A person who follows the soteriological doctrine of the Dutch theologian Jacobus Arminius that people are able to choose to resist or accept divine grace and therefore faith and salvation through free will.
- Useful related words include: protestantism, disciple, adherent.
- In the example corpus, arminian often appears in combinations such as: the arminian, of arminian.
Context around Arminian
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 6 start, 6 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 15 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Arminian
- In this selection, "arminian" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 26.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, protestants, removed, extreme, teachings, theology and soteriology stand out and add context to how "arminian" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include against the arminian bishop richard and among protestants arminian beliefs compared. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "arminian" sits close to words such as aaronson, abai and abass, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with arminian
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Comparison among Protestants Arminian beliefs compared to other Protestants. (9 words)
Maurice systematically removed Arminian magistrates from office and called a national synod at Dordrecht. (14 words)
For example, the Arminian heritage is ignored or simply unknown, and an exclusive, Neo-Calvinist emphasis is played up. (19 words)
This view is opposed to the Arminian view that God's choice of whom to save is conditional or based on his foreknowledge of who would respond positively to God.sfn Karl Barth reinterpreted the Reformed doctrine of predestination to apply only to Christ. (44 words)
In short, the difference can be seen ultimately by whether God allows His desire to save all to be resisted by an individual's will (in the Arminian doctrine) or if God's grace is irresistible and limited to only some (in Calvinism). (43 words)
The belief that human souls choose good or evil totally independently of God's will, which is most often found among the more extreme Arminian Christians, means that God does not ultimately determine the will of each soul. (38 words)
Example sentences (15)
Wesley was a champion of Arminian teachings, defending his soteriology in a periodical titled The Arminian and writing articles such as Predestination Calmly Considered.
Arminian theology emphasised clerical authority and the individual's ability to reject or accept salvation, and was consequently viewed as heretical and a potential vehicle for the reintroduction of Roman Catholicism by its Calvinist opponents.
Ashby Four Views, 159 Wesleyan Arminianism collapsible further John Wesley has historically been the most influential advocate for the teachings of Arminian soteriology.
Comparison among Protestants Arminian beliefs compared to other Protestants.
For example, the Arminian heritage is ignored or simply unknown, and an exclusive, Neo-Calvinist emphasis is played up.
He made little impression: records for the Parliament show only one speech (against the Arminian Bishop Richard Neile ), which was poorly received.
His letter in 1626 to Henry Downhall, an Arminian minister, suggests that Cromwell had yet to be influenced by radical puritanism.
In 1778, Wesley began the publication of The Arminian Magazine, not, he said, to convince Calvinists, but to preserve Methodists.
In short, the difference can be seen ultimately by whether God allows His desire to save all to be resisted by an individual's will (in the Arminian doctrine) or if God's grace is irresistible and limited to only some (in Calvinism).
Maurice systematically removed Arminian magistrates from office and called a national synod at Dordrecht.
Some Calvinists assert that the Arminian perspective presents a synergistic system of Salvation and therefore is not only by grace, while Arminians firmly reject this conclusion.
Some of these beliefs, such as Pelagianism and semi-Pelagianism (see below ) are not considered to be within Arminian orthodoxy and are dealt with elsewhere.
Some schools of thought, notably Semipelagianism —which teaches that the first step of salvation is by human will, Stanglin and McCall, 160. —are confused as being Arminian in nature.
The belief that human souls choose good or evil totally independently of God's will, which is most often found among the more extreme Arminian Christians, means that God does not ultimately determine the will of each soul.
This view is opposed to the Arminian view that God's choice of whom to save is conditional or based on his foreknowledge of who would respond positively to God.sfn Karl Barth reinterpreted the Reformed doctrine of predestination to apply only to Christ.
Common combinations with arminian
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the arminian 7×
- of arminian 2×