Acts of Synod of Dordrecht: Historical Foreword Addressed To The Reformed Churches of Christ (13)

(Connection: In the previous installment we saw that from all quarters pressure was building against the Remonstrants and for the holding of a National Synod. When the Remonstrants and their political allies in some of the provides saw that the convening of a National Synod was inevitable, they took the measure of raising city militia allegedly to defend the independence of their provinces, thus threatening civil war -- a threat which was met with decisive action by the States-General and the...