which are called by nickname Calvinism, but which are surely and verily the revealed truth of God as it is in Christ Jesus.”6 This view, which sees God at the center of salvation, stands in stark contrast to the more man-centered view of Arminianism, modified dimensions of which have become prevalent in our day. The difference between these two positions was made plain by the deliberations that took place at the Synod of Dort in 1618 and 1619. When Calvin died in
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