Calvinism

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Christian theological tradition Reformed theology branch of Protestantism

Calvinism is a branch of Protestant Christianity rooted in the teachings of John Calvin, emphasizing doctrines such as predestination, the sovereignty of God, and the total depravity of humankind.

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Statements (53)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Christian theological tradition → Reformed theology → branch of Protestantism →
affirms	the doctrines of the Protestant Reformation →
associatedWithFigure	Abraham Kuyper → John Calvin → John Knox → Jonathan Edwards → Theodore Beza →
contrastsWith	Arminianism → Lutheranism on predestination → Roman Catholicism →
developedFrom	Protestant Reformation →
emphasizes	God’s absolute sovereignty in salvation → human inability to achieve salvation without grace →
hasAcronym	TULIP →
hasCoreDoctrine	irresistible grace → limited atonement → perseverance of the saints → predestination → sovereignty of God → total depravity → unconditional election →
hasSubtradition	Hyper-Calvinism → Neo-Calvinism → New Calvinism →
holdsViewOnPredestination	double predestination in some strands →
influenced	Congregationalism → Dutch Reformed Church → Huguenots → Presbyterianism → Puritanism → Reformed churches → some Baptist traditions →
influencedBy	Augustinian theology → Huldrych Zwingli → Martin Luther →
namedAfter	John Calvin →
originatedInCentury	16th century →
originatedInRegion	Switzerland → Western Europe →
teaches	Scripture as the ultimate authority → salvation is by grace alone → salvation is through faith alone →
teachesAboutElection	God chooses the elect unconditionally →
teachesAboutPerseverance	the elect will persevere in faith →
usesCanons	Canons of Dort →
usesCatechism	Heidelberg Catechism →
usesConfession	Belgic Confession → Westminster Confession of Faith →
viewsAtonementAs	limited in scope to the elect in classic formulations →
viewsGraceAs	irresistible for the elect →
viewsHumanNatureAs	totally depraved after the Fall →

Referenced by (247)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Abraham Kuyper → Andries Pretorius → Anthony van Diemen → Betsie Verwoerd → Boer forces → Charlotte Amalie of Hesse-Kassel → Christiaan de Wet → Colloquy of Poissy → Cornelis Tromp → Cornelis de Witt → Count Palatine of the Rhine → County of Nassau-Dietz → County of Nassau-Siegen → Daniel François Malan → Dr. Samuel Hopkins (fictional character) → Dutch America → Dutch Americans → Dutch Brazil → Dutch Gold Coast → Dutch Golden Age → Dutch Reformed Church (Newburgh, New York) → Edward Dickinson → Eleonore d’Esmier d’Olbreuse → Emily Dickinson → F. W. de Klerk → Frederick Henry → Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange → Frederick II of Prussia → Gaspard II de Coligny → Grand Duchy of Hesse → Great Trek → Hendrik Verwoerd → Hendrik Verwoerd → Henry Dunant → Henry IV of France → House of Orange-Nassau → Hungarian American diaspora → Hungarians → Iconoclastic Fury → Jacob Cats → Jacob Roggeveen → Jacob de Witt → Jacob van Campen ("Calvinism (probable)") → Jacobus Arminius → Jan Peter Balkenende → Jan Pieterszoon Coen → Jan Smuts → Jan van Riebeeck → Jean-Paul Rabaut Saint-Étienne → Jeanne d’Albret → Joan Maetsuycker → Johan Maurits van Nassau-Siegen → Johan de Witt → Johan van Oldenbarnevelt → Maarten Tromp → Mako, Kingdom of Hungary → Maria de la Quellerie → Maria van Reigersberch → Marie Louise of Hesse-Kassel → Marthinus Wessel Pretorius → N. P. van Wyk Louw → Nicolaes Tulp → Noah Webster → Orange Free State → Paul Kruger → Pierre Bayle → Piet Joubert → Protestant Union → Sophia of the Palatinate → Sophia of the Palatinate → States of Holland and West Friesland → Stephanus Johannes Paulus Kruger → Théodore de Bèze → Titus van Rijn → Tjalling C. Koopmans → Transvaal → War of the Three Henrys ("Calvinist Protestantism") → Wendela Bicker → Willem Kieft → Willem van Nassau → William Godwin → William IV, Prince of Orange → Wouter van Twiller →	religion
A Treatise Concerning Religious Affections → Alvin Plantinga ("Reformed Christianity") → Charles Hodge → Charles Hodge ("Reformed orthodoxy") → Charles Spurgeon → Confession de foi du chrétien → Cornelius Van Til → De praedestinationis doctrina → Heidelberg Catechism → Hungarian Reformed churches → Institutes of the Christian Religion → Jehan Cauvin ("Reformed theology") → John Owen → Lane Theological Seminary → Of Communion with God ("Reformed theology") → Orthodox Presbyterian Church → Presbyterian Church (USA) ("Reformed theology") → The Death of Death in the Death of Christ → Views in Theology → Westminster Assembly → Westminster Larger Catechism → Westminster Shorter Catechism → Zacharias Ursinus →	theologicalTradition
A Call from Heaven → A Golden Chain → A Treatise of the Vocations or Callings of Men → Abraham Kuyper → Belgic Confession → Canons of Dort → Church Order of Dort → Commentaries on the Bible → Day of the Vow ("Calvinist Christianity") → De Gemeene Gratie → Dutch Reformed Church → Free Reformed Churches of North America → Genevan Academy → Gomarists → Huguenots → New Divinity theology → New England clergy → Pro Rege → The Freedom of the Will → Wonders of the Invisible World: Observations as Well Historical as Theological, upon the Nature, the Number, and the Operations of the Devils →	religiousTradition
B. B. Warfield → B. B. Warfield ("Reformed orthodoxy") → Caspar Olevianus → Francis Turretin → Guido de Brès → Herman Dooyeweerd ("Neo-Calvinism") → Jehan Cauvin → Samuel Miller ("Reformed theology") → Theodore Beza → William Ames →	movement
Article XVII Of Predestination and Election ("Reformed theology") → Calvinism ("Augustinian theology") → Herman Dooyeweerd → Lyman Beecher ("New England theology") → Puritanism ("Reformed theology") → The Minister's Wooing → Views in Theology ("Reformed theology") → William Ames ("Reformed orthodoxy") →	influencedBy
Augustinian theology → Dutch Reformed Church ("Reformed churches in Brazil") → Francis Turretin ("Reformed orthodoxy") → Lectures on Calvinism ("Neo-Calvinism") → Swiss Reformation → The Freedom of the Will ("American Calvinism") → Zacharias Ursinus ("Continental Reformed theology") →	influenced
Calvin Theological Seminary ("Calvinist") → Jonathan Edwards → Protestant Reformed Churches in America → Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God → The Doctrine of the Saints’ Perseverance Explained and Confirmed → Westminster Confession of Faith → Westminster Larger Catechism ("Reformed orthodoxy") →	theologicalOrientation
De Gemeene Gratie ("Kuyperian theology") → De Heraut ("Dutch neo-Calvinist movement") → Of the Mortification of Sin in Believers ("Calvinist theology") → Original sin ("Augustinian theology") → Original sin → Original sin ("Reformed theology") →	associatedWith
A Christian Directory ("Calvinist") → A Discourse of Conscience ("Calvinist") → Daemonologie ("Calvinist") → Plea for the West ("Calvinist") → The Reformed Pastor ("Calvinist") →	theologicalPerspective
Evangelical Presbyterian Church → Evangelical Reformed Church (regional church) → Reformed Congregations → Three Forms of Unity → United Reformed Churches in North America →	theology
Calvinism ("Neo-Calvinism") → Calvinism ("New Calvinism") → Calvinism ("Hyper-Calvinism") → Protestant Christianity →	hasSubtradition
Charlotte of Bourbon → Frederick III, Elector Palatine → Jeanne d’Albret →	convertedTo
County of Bentheim → European wars of religion → Winburg, Orange Free State →	hasReligion
Malan → Protestant work ethic →	associatedWithReligion
Charles Hodge ("Reformed theology") → Theodore Beza ("Reformed theology") →	fieldOfWork
Encyclopaedie der Heilige Godgeleerdheid ("Calvinist") → Encyclopaedie der Heilige Godgeleerdheid ("Neo‑Calvinist") →	hasTheologicalPerspective
Reformed churches ("Reformed theology") → Western Christianity →	hasTheologicalTradition
Anti-Revolutionary Party → Pilgrims →	ideology
A Display of Arminianism → Lectures on Calvinism →	mainSubject
Dutch Coromandel → Mauritsstad →	religionPresent
Claudine Denosse → Old Dutch Church of Sleepy Hollow →	religiousAffiliation
Imperial Diet → Ordinum Hollandiae ac Westfrisiae pietas →	religiousContext
Counter-Remonstrants → New England Way →	religiousOrientation
Second Head of Doctrine →	associatedWithTradition
The Death of Death in the Death of Christ ("Calvinist") →	authorTheologicalTradition
Christian anthropology ("Reformation theology") →	basedOn
Arminianism →	contrastsWith
Oude Kerk, Amsterdam ("Calvinism (post-Reformation)") →	denomination
Half-Way Covenant controversy →	doctrinalContext
English Separatist movement →	doctrine
United Provinces →	dominantReligion
House of Wittelsbach →	earlierReligion
Arminianism ("Reformed theology") →	emergedFrom
Peace of Westphalia ("Calvinists in the Holy Roman Empire") →	extendedReligiousRightsTo
Christian Reformed Church in North America ("Perseverance of the saints") →	hasDoctrine
Transvaal Trek ("Calvinist Protestantism") →	hasReligionOfParticipants
Cases of Conscience Concerning Evil Spirits ("Calvinist") →	hasReligiousOrientation
Swiss Reformation →	hasTheologicalCurrent
Presbyterian →	hasTheologicalOrientation
Scottish Reformation →	hasTheology
Northern Netherlands →	historicallyDominantReligion
Afrikaner nationalism →	ideologyIncludes
Reformation →	influences
John Calvin →	knownFor
Germans →	majorReligion
Thomas Belsham →	opposedDoctrine
Church of Scotland →	orientation
Iconoclastic Fury ("Calvinist Protestants") →	participant
De Gemeene Gratie ("Dutch Reformed theology") →	partOfTradition
New Holland →	primaryReligion
Revocation of the Edict of Nantes →	religionAffected
Natalia Republic →	religionDominant
Dutch Angola →	religionIntroduced
Transylvanian Saxons →	religionMinority
Cöthen court →	religionOfRuler
Massacre of Vassy →	religionOfVictims
Huguenot rebellions →	religiousAspect
French Wars of Religion ("Calvinist Protestantism") →	religiousConflictBetween
Theodorus van Gogh →	religiousDenomination
Iconoclastic Fury of 1566 →	religiousMovement
The Nature of True Virtue →	religiousPerspective
Hungarian Reformed churches ("Calvinist") →	selfIdentification
Polish Brethren →	separatedFrom
Wonders of the Invisible World ("Calvinist") →	theologicalFramework
Gomarists ("strict Calvinism") →	theologicalPosition
Synod of Dort →	theologicalPositionAffirmed