THE PERSEVERANCE OF THE SAINTS I. THE SYSTEM OF THEOLOGY EMBRACING THIS DOCTRINE It is a part of the Calvinistic system of theology. There are two great systems of theology: (1) the Calvinistic system, founded by a French theologian, John Calvin, in the first half of the Sixteenth century, A.D., and (2) the Arminian system, founded by Jacobus Arminius, a Dutch theologian, in the early part of the Seventeenth century, A.D. The great majority of Protestant Christians adhere to one or the other of these
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