Synod of Dort

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The Synod of Dort. The Arminians are seated at the table in the middle.[citation needed]

The Synod of Dort (also known as the Synod of Dordt or the Synod of Dordrecht) was a European transnational Synod held in Dordrecht in 1618–1619, by the Dutch Reformed Church, to settle a divisive controversy caused by the rise of Arminianism. The first meeting was on 13 November 1618 and the final meeting, the 154th, was on 9 May 1619.[1] Voting representatives from eight foreign Reformed churches were also invited. Dort was a contemporary Dutch term for the town of Dordrecht (and it remains the local colloquial pronunciation).

In 2014, the first entire critical edition of the Acts and Documents of the Synod was published.[2]

  1. ^ Steele, David N.; Thomas, Curtis C. (2002). The five points of Calvinism: defined, defended, documented. Biblical and theological studies (Faks.-Dr. der Ausg. 1963 ed.). Phillipsburg, N.J: Presbyterian & Reformed Publ. Co. p. 14. ISBN 978-0-87552-444-3.
  2. ^ Sinnema, Moser & Selderhuis 2015.