The Arminian or Remonstrant Struggle (3)

Having stated in the third and last part of the introduction to their "Remonstration" what particular doctrines of the Calvinists especially grieved them, the Remonstrants -- Wtenbogaert and his party -- proceed to possit what they believe. This they do in five articles, known to posterity as the Five Articles of the Remonstrants. The obvious purpose of these propositions is to show that the Remonstrants are good orthodox people and that there is no appreciable difference between their teaching...