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The Reformation · 1608
The Declaration of Sentiments
Jacobus Arminius · 1560–1609
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What it is
A defence before the States of Holland of his views on predestination, arguing that election is conditional on foreseen faith and that God's grace may be resisted.
Why it lasted
The clearest statement of the position that became Arminianism, delivered a year before its author died with the controversy unresolved.
Scripture it works from
Where to read it
Public domain and free to read in full, though not held here. The archives below have it.
These open a search on each archive rather than a direct link, which is the honest way to point at an edition nobody here has checked line by line.
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