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Jacob Arminius was a Dutch theologian whose views have become the basis of Arminianism and the Dutch Remonstrant movement, and are quite influential on Wesleyan, and therefore Methodist, theology as well. Arminius attempted to reform Reformed theology and ended up lending his name to a movement that resisted some of the primary tenets of Calvinism. Rustin E. Brian outlines the life and theology...

tension with the classis, as well as with the teachings of his youth. Though he was to have a long and fruitful ministry, it was also to be marked by continual debate. Petrus Plancius, member of the classis, was the source of much of Arminius’s early scrutiny. In particular, he criticized Arminius for his view on Romans 9, for undervaluing good works, and for his weak angelolatry—specifically that angels were not immortal. Regarding Romans 9, Plancius faulted Arminius for his view that children would
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