![]() ![]() In the late 1540s Calvinism emergd as an attractive, popular religion in the Netherlands, especially in the southern provinces. In 1559 His Most Catholic Majesty Philip II was the king of Spain and Sovereign of the Netherlands.ĭespite Philip’s ardent Roman Catholicism and persecuting zeal, Reformation movements had been strong in the Low Countries for decades. Holland was one of seventeen prosperous provinces then known as the Netherlands or the Low Countries, which today are divided into the Netherlands, Belgium and part of northern France. Who Was Arminius? Arminius was born in 1559 in Oudewater – a small city in the province of Holland. Who was this Arminius? What did he teach? Are the differences between Calvinism and Arminianism important today? His fame is a great irony since the Dutch Reformed Church historically was a bastion of strict Calvinism and Arminius has given his name to a movement very much in opposition to historic Calvinism. James Arminius (Jacob Harmenszoon) is undoubtedly the most famous theologian ever produced by the Dutch Reformed Church. President & Church History Professor of Westminster Theological Seminary ![]()
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