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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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Canons of Dort canonical	27
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 ⓘ

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Subject: Canons of Dort
Description of subject: 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).

Referenced by (32)

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

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this entity surface form: TULIP

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subject surface form: Evangelical Reformed Church

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