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'''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.
'''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 those 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]].
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]].