calvinism
IPA: kˈæɫvʌnɪzʌm
Root Word: Calvinism
noun
- The Christian religious tradition based upon the doctrines and forms of Christian practice of several Protestant reformers, especially John Calvin, in contrast to Catholicism, Lutheranism, Anabaptism, and Arminianism. One distinctive trait of the system is its Augustinian doctrine of predestination, which teaches that God has elected some for salvation, apart from anything they do or believe.
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Examples of "calvinism" in Sentences
- Calvinism was the orthodoxy of his day.
- Calvinism rejected the ethic of compassion.
- Calvinism and the use of Scripture in South Africa.
- The church adheres to the five points of Calvinism.
- Calvinism is the mainstream of Reformed Protestantism.
- Calvinism was spread by the boatmen throughout the region.
- Reformed theology as practiced in the CRC is founded in Calvinism.