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Calvinism Vs Arminianism

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Calvinism vs Arminianism Calvinism and Arminianism is a topic that has been discussed in the church since the 1600 's when the Arminian Clergy published their "Great Remonstrance" that dealt with the 5 points of Arminianism. A popular theologian, John Calvin said “God preordained, for his own glory and the display of His attributes of mercy and justice, a part of the human race, without any merit of their own, to eternal salvation, and another part, in just punishment of their sin, to eternal damnation.” The thought by Calvin can be fully agreed upon, fully disagreed upon, or anywhere in between. Although it 's impossible to fully understand God and all that he is, the bible gives clear insight to who God 's people are. Unfortunately, the …show more content…

Arminian believed that because of free will, people choose God not vice versa. That means that opposed to Calvinists view of unconditional election, the Arminianists hold the view of conditional election. With that being said, they think that God chose his people based on his ‘foreknowledge’ which is Him looking into the future and seeing who responds to the gospel (Colie, 2006). The teaching of Arminianism is basically a direct opposite of Calvinism. To explain, the Arminianists believe that the grace of God can be resisted due to free will and it’s not God’s decision to save us. This also means that humans can lose his salvation by falling from …show more content…

When the Bible clearly shows in numerous passages in the New Testament, with word for word examples, that God 's people were predestined, it 's no longer an argument. Human free-will is a topic of discussion that is taken slightly out of context. Free will means people are automatically choosing sin because it 's nature right from birth. Psalm 51:5 says “Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity, and in sin did my mother conceive me.” All were born in sin and because of the fall it 's what people are most drawn towards. By the grace of God he captures the hearts of his people, by his choice. To pursue the last point made, another verse is Proverbs 14:12 which says, "“There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way to death.” The point is, we live in an incredibly wicked world. The heart of man is wicked and all desires are evil or in vain without God grabbing the heart of

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As Calvin continued to preach on salvation by grace through faith he also was working on implementing this into the government system and reforming the church even further. Calvin was invited to Geneva to work with the government and reform the city. He strived to create a city that was a reflection of Christian principles hoping it to be a “model Christian city”. He didn’t want just the government to be built upon these principles he wanted to get into the everyday lives of the people and make sure social aspects were built upon God’s authority. This was implemented by having elders of the church also be magistrates in the city.

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Predestination states that you are preselected to receive salvation or damnation upon death. Calvin preached that everyone was predestined and you could never know exactly which you were destined. However, he did identify three tests that give insight into thos that would be saved after death.

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As followers of John Calvin, they believed that God was all powerful and completely sovereign. A persons salvation was based largely on faith, and Puritans viewed themselves as God 's chosen people. The

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John Calvin was a French Theologian who and was the leader of the Protestant Reformation (John Calvin, World History: Ancient and Medieval Eras). He first had studied to become a priest then became fascinated with theology and started to study it (John Calvin, World History: Ancient and Medieval Eras). The church taught that if you are not a part of God than you will not go into heaven. John Calvin believed that all people are flawed and corrupt so because of this they can not understand or take part in his salvation (John Calvin, World History: Ancient and Medieval Eras). John Calvin’s moral was everyone should live a moral life and hope that God will save them (John Calvin, World History: Ancient and Medieval Eras).

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call for a distinction between the creator and the creation. Nietzsche and Calvin may not share the same values on whether or not this distinction should exists, but Nietzsche uses his parable to agree with Calvin on the level that this distinction has indeed been lost, or put to death. Nietzsche may not have held the same theological beliefs as Calvin, but the two shared the same philosophical mindset, as Calvin’s Doctrines of Election and Predestination prove to be a result of a post-modern product. Christopher Hitchen, whose atheism is voiced even stronger, shares the same view as Nietzsche and Calvin on the consequences of modernity by saying, “God did not create man in his own image. Evidently, it was the other way about…”

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This was the beginning of Puritan life in America. The Puritans were strict Calvinists, followers of the reformer John Calvin. John Calvin taught that God was all-powerful and focused on God’s sovereignty, supreme power or authority. Puritans also believed that because of Adam and Eve’s sin of disobedience, most of humanity would be damned for all eternity.

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Calvin has opposing views to the (hand me down) aspect of the Catholic religion. Calvin believes that the pastors are not sent forth with a licentious and lawful authority but have a duty to the church and must be faithful to their

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In opposition to Calvin’s position is Deism, which is the belief that God created the universe but leaves the sovereignty or dominion to the people. In other words, after creation there is no other involvement by God. This principle not only negates not only John Calvin’s theory of predestination, but Christianity as a whole. Christians believe that “God does seek to influence us” (39) which leads us to the interpretation of God’s sovereignty by theologian and Methodism’s founder, John Wesley, who taught prevenient

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Olson pushes further, however, and insists that Calvinists ignore the issues that happen in the world such as: childhood diseases, abused children, and the Holocaust; when they speak of God’s sovereignty. I can understand the frustration that Olson must suffer, but Olson’s notion that the creator God permitted evil and suffering doesn’t solve his dilemma any more appropriately than Calvinism does. Why would a loving God create the universe when He knew the massive pain and injustice that would commence upon Adam and Eve tasting the forbidden fruit? Olson seems to prefer the idea that God created a world that He knew would fall, and had no particular purpose in mind when He did so. However, Calvinists prefer to see all history as having a point,

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