Calvinist
Predestination doctrine adherent
A Calvinist is a follower of the theological tradition founded by John Calvin, emphasizing predestination, the sovereignty of God, and the doctrine that salvation comes through grace alone.
The term often carries connotations of moral strictness or austerity: Her Calvinist upbringing left her suspicious of pleasure.
As an adjective, Calvinist describes beliefs, practices, or temperaments shaped by this tradition.
Religious movement splitting Christianity
- GenevaSwiss seat of diplomacy
- ProtestantismReformation-era Christian movement
- HuguenotsFrench Reformed Christians
- PuritanismProtestant reform movement
Presbyterian · theocracy · consistory · synod · iconoclasm · Swiss · French · theologian
Cup-shaped spring flower
- total depravityHumanity's complete moral corruption
- perseveranceSustained resolve despite obstacles
- Synod of DortReformed council against Arminianism
- confessionAdmission of wrongdoing
orthodoxy · Heidelberg Catechism · Westminster Confession · imputation · supralapsarianism
Organized public voting
- reprobationStern moral disapproval
- foreknowledgeAwareness of future events
- decreeAuthoritative legal command
- sovereigntySupreme independent authority
providence · foreordination · divine will · chosen · elect · predestined · determinism · grace
Effortless beauty of motion
- salvationDeliverance from harm
- justificationReason proving rightness
- sanctificationMaking someone or something sacred
- glorificationElevating praise or worship
atonement · redemption · faith · regeneration · conversion · depravity · sin · forgiveness
Reformation
Religious movement splitting Christianity
- GenevaSwiss seat of diplomacy
- ProtestantismReformation-era Christian movement
- HuguenotsFrench Reformed Christians
Puritanism · Presbyterian · theocracy · consistory · synod · iconoclasm · Swiss · French · theologian · reformer
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Cup-shaped spring flower
- total depravityHumanity's complete moral corruption
- perseveranceSustained resolve despite obstacles
- Synod of DortReformed council against Arminianism
confession · orthodoxy · Heidelberg Catechism · Westminster Confession · imputation · supralapsarianism
election
Organized public voting
- reprobationStern moral disapproval
- foreknowledgeAwareness of future events
- decreeAuthoritative legal command
sovereignty · providence · foreordination · divine will · chosen · elect · predestined · determinism · grace · damnation
grace
Effortless beauty of motion
- salvationDeliverance from harm
- justificationReason proving rightness
- sanctificationMaking someone or something sacred
glorification · atonement · redemption · faith · regeneration · conversion · depravity · sin · forgiveness · adoption
- religionChristianity, Islam, beliefs, Judaism, Hinduism
- religionsChristianity, Islam, Judaism, Hinduism, Buddhism
- believersbeliever, believers, adherent, devotee, theist
- Christian GroupsBaptist, Catholic, Lutheran, Methodist, Presbyterian
- ChristiansCatholics, Catholic, Protestants, Protestant, Baptist
- ProtestantismLutheran, Protestantism, Baptist, Methodist, Presbyterian
Calvinisthedonist
Seeker of sensual satisfaction
sensualist · libertine · sybarite · latitudinarian · freewheeling
CalvinistCatholic
Papal church adherent
Roman Catholic · Eastern Orthodox · papist · Jesuit · Lutheran