Five Articles of the Remonstrance

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Arminian doctrinal standard confessional document theological statement

The Five Articles of the Remonstrance are a 1610 theological statement by Dutch Arminians that challenged strict Calvinist doctrines on predestination, grace, and perseverance, becoming a foundational text of Arminian theology.

Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	As subject	As object
Remonstrants	0	2
Arminian party in the Dutch Republic	0	1
Remonstrant petition of 1610	0	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Arminian doctrinal standard → confessional document → theological statement →
affirmsDoctrine	conditional election → resistible grace → the necessity of prevenient grace → the possibility of apostasy → universal atonement →
associatedMovement	Remonstrants → surface form: Remonstrant Brotherhood
associatedTheologian	Jacobus Arminius → Johannes Uytenbogaert → Simon Episcopius →
authorCollective	Remonstrants →
countryOfOrigin	Dutch Republic →
dateOfSubmission	1610 →
denominationalUse	Remonstrants → surface form: Remonstrant churches
genre	confession of faith →
hasPart	Article on conditional election → Article on human depravity and prevenient grace → Article on resistible grace → Article on the possibility of falling from grace → Article on universal atonement →
historicalContext	Dutch Reformation → Eighty Years' War →
influenced	Canons of Dort → Methodist theology → Synod of Dort → Wesleyan-Arminian theology → later Arminian confessions →
language	Dutch →
opposesDoctrine	irresistible grace → limited atonement → strict Calvinist predestination → the absolute perseverance of all the elect → unconditional election →
placeOfOrigin	Netherlands →
publicationYear	1610 →
religiousTradition	Arminianism → Protestant Christianity → surface form: Protestantism
significance	foundational text of Arminian theology → key document in Calvinist–Arminian controversy →
submittedTo	States of Holland and West Friesland → surface form: States of Holland
theologicalOrientation	Arminian →
topic	atonement → divine grace → free will → perseverance of the saints → predestination →

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Canons of Dort → addresses → Five Articles of the Remonstrance →

Counter-Remonstrants → emergedAfter → Five Articles of the Remonstrance →

this entity surface form: Remonstrant petition of 1610

Arminianism → historicalMovementAssociatedWith → Five Articles of the Remonstrance →

this entity surface form: Remonstrants

Arminianism → keyDocument → Five Articles of the Remonstrance →

Hugo Grotius → memberOf → Five Articles of the Remonstrance →

this entity surface form: Arminian party in the Dutch Republic

Maurice of Nassau → opposed → Five Articles of the Remonstrance →

this entity surface form: Remonstrants