Calvinists
Predestination theology adherents
Calvinists are followers of the Protestant theology developed by John Calvin in the sixteenth century.
The tradition emphasizes God's absolute sovereignty, predestination, and the doctrine that salvation comes through grace alone.
Calvinist churches include Presbyterian, Reformed, and some Baptist denominations: The Calvinists believed their fates were sealed before birth.
The adjective Calvinist often suggests strict moral discipline or austerity.
Swiss seat of diplomacy
- ReformationReligious movement splitting Christianity
- ProtestantismReformation-era Christian movement
- HuguenotsFrench Reformed Christians
- SwissOf a neutral alpine nation
French · theocracy · consistory · Puritans · iconoclasm · exegesis · Knox · Heidelberg
Organized public voting
- predestinationDivinely predetermined fate
- foreordinationPredetermined divine decree
- decreeAuthoritative legal command
- providenceDivine protective care
foreknowledge · divine will · reprobation · unconditional · perseverance · calling · chosen · elect
Binding formal pledge
- graceEffortless beauty of motion
- salvationDeliverance from harm
- faithTrust without proof
- sinViolation of divine law
atonement · justification · sanctification · sovereignty · regeneration · depravity · confessions · orthodoxy
Geneva
Swiss seat of diplomacy
- ReformationReligious movement splitting Christianity
- ProtestantismReformation-era Christian movement
- HuguenotsFrench Reformed Christians
Swiss · French · theocracy · consistory · Puritans · iconoclasm · exegesis · Knox · Heidelberg · Westminster
election
Organized public voting
- predestinationDivinely predetermined fate
- foreordinationPredetermined divine decree
- decreeAuthoritative legal command
providence · foreknowledge · divine will · reprobation · unconditional · perseverance · calling · chosen · elect · total depravity
covenant
Binding formal pledge
sin · atonement · justification · sanctification · sovereignty · regeneration · depravity · confessions · orthodoxy · sacraments
- FaithsChristians, Catholics, Buddhists, Hindus, Jews
- religionsChristianity, Islam, Judaism, Hinduism, Buddhism
- ChristiansCatholics, Catholic, Protestants, Protestant, Baptist
- Religious SplintersProtestants, Protestantism, Great Schism, Lutherans, Lutheranism
- CalvinistsPresbyterians, George Whitefield, Synod of Dort
- dissentersdissenter, dissenters, dissidents, dissident, nonconformists
CalvinistsWesleyans
Methodist movement adherents
CalvinistsLutherans
Reformation-era Protestant denomination
Quakers · Unitarians · Anabaptists · Pentecostals · charismatics