Canons of Dort

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Calvinist confession Christian doctrinal standard Reformed confessional document religious text

The Canons of Dort are a 17th-century Reformed confessional document that systematically defines Calvinist doctrines of salvation, especially predestination and grace, formulated at the Synod of Dort (1618–1619).

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Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form	Occurrences
Canons of Dordrecht	1
Canons of Dordt	1
Canons of the Synod of Dort	1
Dordt Church Order	1
TULIP	1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Calvinist confession ⓘ Christian doctrinal standard ⓘ Reformed confessional document ⓘ religious text ⓘ
addresses	Five Articles of the Remonstrance ⓘ
approvedBy	Synod of Dort ⓘ delegates of the Reformed churches of the Dutch Republic ⓘ
associatedWith	Belgic Confession ⓘ Heidelberg Catechism ⓘ
century	17th century ⓘ
composedInLanguage	Dutch ⓘ Latin ⓘ
formulatedAt	Synod of Dort ⓘ surface form: Synod of Dordrecht Synod of Dort ⓘ
formulatedDuring	1618–1619 ⓘ
formulatedInCity	Dordrecht ⓘ
formulatedInCountry	Dutch Republic ⓘ
formulatedInYear	1619 ⓘ
geographicContext	Dordrecht ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	Canons of Dort ⓘ surface form: Canons of Dordrecht Canons of Dort ⓘ surface form: Canons of Dordt Canons of Dort ⓘ surface form: Canons of the Synod of Dort
hasCanonicalNumberOfHeads	5 ⓘ
hasPart	Fifth Head of Doctrine ⓘ First Head of Doctrine ⓘ Second Head of Doctrine ⓘ Third and Fourth Head of Doctrine ⓘ
hasTheologicalPosition	irresistible grace ⓘ limited atonement ⓘ perseverance of the saints ⓘ total depravity ⓘ unconditional election ⓘ
hasTitle	Canons of Dort self-link ⓘ
historicalPeriod	Early Modern period ⓘ surface form: Early modern period
influenced	Reformed churches ⓘ surface form: Continental Reformed churches Dutch Reformed Church ⓘ Presbyterian theology ⓘ
mainSubject	atonement ⓘ divine grace ⓘ doctrine of salvation ⓘ election ⓘ perseverance of the saints ⓘ predestination ⓘ reprobation ⓘ
opposes	Arminianism ⓘ Remonstrant theology ⓘ
partOf	Three Forms of Unity ⓘ
religiousTradition	Calvinism ⓘ Reformed Christianity ⓘ
theologicalOrientation	Augustinian soteriology ⓘ monergism ⓘ

Referenced by (28)

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

Reformed churches → affirmsConfession → Canons of Dort ⓘ

Heidelberg Catechism → associatedConfession → Canons of Dort ⓘ

Hersteld Hervormde Kerk → confession → Canons of Dort ⓘ

Protestant Reformed Churches in America → confession → Canons of Dort ⓘ

Reformed Congregations (Gereformeerde Gemeenten) → confession → Canons of Dort ⓘ

subject surface form: Reformed Congregations

Gomarists → confessionalBasis → Canons of Dort ⓘ

Counter-Remonstrants → confessionalOutcome → Canons of Dort ⓘ

Christian Reformed Church in North America → confessionalStandard → Canons of Dort ⓘ

Free Reformed Churches of North America → confessionalStandard → Canons of Dort ⓘ

United Reformed Churches in North America → confessionalStandard → Canons of Dort ⓘ

Canons of Dort → hasAlternativeName → Canons of Dort ⓘ

this entity surface form: Canons of Dordt

Canons of Dort → hasAlternativeName → Canons of Dort ⓘ

this entity surface form: Canons of the Synod of Dort

Canons of Dort → hasAlternativeName → Canons of Dort ⓘ

this entity surface form: Canons of Dordrecht

Church Order of Dort → hasAlternativeName → Canons of Dort ⓘ

this entity surface form: Dordt Church Order

Protestant Church in the Netherlands → hasConfession → Canons of Dort ⓘ

Reformed Church in America → hasConfession → Canons of Dort ⓘ

Three Forms of Unity → hasPart → Canons of Dort ⓘ

Church Order of Dort → hasTheologicalBasis → Canons of Dort ⓘ

Canons of Dort → hasTitle → Canons of Dort self-link ⓘ

Five Articles of the Remonstrance → influenced → Canons of Dort ⓘ

Counter-Remonstrants → influencedDecision → Canons of Dort ⓘ

Fifth Head of Doctrine → partOf → Canons of Dort ⓘ

Second Head of Doctrine → partOf → Canons of Dort ⓘ

Synod of Dort → produced → Canons of Dort ⓘ

The Doctrine of the Saints’ Perseverance Explained and Confirmed → relatedConcept → Canons of Dort ⓘ

this entity surface form: TULIP

Belgic Confession → usedTogetherWith → Canons of Dort ⓘ

Calvinism → usesCanons → Canons of Dort ⓘ

Dutch Reformed Church → usesConfession → Canons of Dort ⓘ