Canons of Dordt, special topic: Dordt’s rejection of the well-meant gospel offer
Cammenga provides a detailed exegetical analysis of the Canons of Dordt's treatment of the gospel offer, demonstrating that Dordt condemned not only Arminian doctrine but specifically the Arminian method of preaching the gospel as a well-meant offer to all. The article argues that this rejection of the well-meant offer remains binding on Reformed and Presbyterian churches today, despite its widespread contemporary acceptance even in confessionally Reformed denominations.
The Synod of Dordt condemned heresy and upheld the truth of the gospel. The heresy that it condemned was not only an error that concerned the content of the gospel. But it was also a heresy that concerned the preaching of the gospel. In a unique way the error of Arminianism concerned not only the message of the gospel, but also the way in which the gospel was proclaimed. It concerned both what was preached and how it was preached. For the Synod of Dordt condemned the Arminian perversion of the...
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