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'''Arminianism''' was a belief system started by [[Jakobus Arminius]]. It believed in the free will of all people to choose to become Christians, going against [[Calvinism]]. It was this theology that caused early Reformed scholastics to formalism Calvinism into the [[Five Points of Calvinism|5 points of Calvinism]],
'''Arminianism''' is a [[soteriological]] system created by [[Jakobus Arminius]], a [[Dutch Reformed Church|Dutch Reformed]] [[theologian]]. It posits that the [[predestination]] of [[God]] affects only though who he knew were fated to choose him anyway.
 
It was this theology that caused early Reformed scholastics to formalism orthodox [[Calvinism]] in the [[Canons of Dort]], which lay out the [[5 Points of Calvinism]].