Calvinism
Doctrine of election
Calvinism is the Protestant theological tradition stemming from John Calvin, emphasizing God's absolute sovereignty, predestination, and salvation through grace alone rather than human effort.
Its doctrines hold that God has already determined who will be saved and who damned.
Calvinism shaped Reformed and Presbyterian churches and influenced Puritan thought in colonial America.
Her strict Calvinist upbringing left little room for moral ambiguity.
Cup-shaped spring flower
- total depravityHumanity's complete moral corruption
- predestinationDivinely predetermined fate
- electionOrganized public voting
- sovereigntySupreme independent authority
supralapsarianism · reprobation · divine decree · foreordination · perseverance · imputation
Swiss seat of diplomacy
- HuguenotsFrench Reformed Christians
- Synod of DortReformed council against Arminianism
- Heidelberg CatechismReformed statement of faith
- Westminster ConfessionSeventeenth-century Reformed statement
Reason proving rightness
- sanctificationMaking someone or something sacred
- glorificationElevating praise or worship
- atonementCompensation for wrongdoing
- graceEffortless beauty of motion
Enforced economic stringency
- simplicityLack of complexity
- frugalityEconomical resource management
- self-denialRestraining one's own desires
- temperanceHabitual moderation in behavior
discipline · sobriety · industriousness · vocation · calling · work ethic · stewardship · modesty
Elder-governed Protestant denomination
- PuritanismProtestant reform movement
- HuguenotFrench Reformed Protestant
TULIP
Cup-shaped spring flower
- total depravityHumanity's complete moral corruption
- predestinationDivinely predetermined fate
- electionOrganized public voting
sovereignty · supralapsarianism · reprobation · divine decree · foreordination · perseverance · imputation
Geneva
Swiss seat of diplomacy
- HuguenotsFrench Reformed Christians
- Synod of DortReformed council against Arminianism
- Heidelberg CatechismReformed statement of faith
Westminster Confession · iconoclasm · Edict of Nantes · consistory
justification
Reason proving rightness
- sanctificationMaking someone or something sacred
- glorificationElevating praise or worship
- atonementCompensation for wrongdoing
grace · providence · theocracy · covenant
austerity
Enforced economic stringency
- simplicityLack of complexity
- frugalityEconomical resource management
- self-denialRestraining one's own desires
temperance · discipline · sobriety · industriousness · vocation · calling · work ethic · stewardship · modesty · plainness
Presbyterian
Elder-governed Protestant denomination
- PuritanismProtestant reform movement
- HuguenotFrench Reformed Protestant
- ChristianityJesus, Bible, Christ, God, Jesus Christ
- DutchDutch, Holland, Amsterdam, Netherlands, Rotterdam
- FaithsChristians, Catholics, Buddhists, Hindus, Jews
- religionsChristianity, Islam, Judaism, Hinduism, Buddhism
- beliefsbelief, beliefs, creed, creeds, faith
- church historychurch history, apostles, Protestant Reformation, Christian history, baptism
Calvinismlibertinism
Unrestrained indulgence in pleasure
Catholicism · prosperity gospel · hedonism · Epicureanism · permissiveness