When one hears the term Calvinism, he or she might be puzzled as to what this term means. After finding out what Calvinism means, he or she might also begin to ask themselves “Where did the word Calvinist come from? Where does Calvinism fit into church history? And finally what is the problem with Calvinism?” In the following paragraphs these questions will be answered and briefly discussed.

The term Calvinism came from Holland in 1610. Calvinism started due to the Arminians (James Arminius’ followers) introduced five doctrinal concerns by protest to the Dutch Parliament. These five points were rejected by the Dutch Parliament but sparked the Dutch Parliament to make their own five doctrinal points in relation to what was just looked over. The Dutch Parliament’s five points were called “Five Points of Calvinism” These were

After knowing now what Calvinists believe (that is nothing happens to one in life that God has not predestined to happen) one can now start seeing the problems in Calvinism. From a Christian viewpoint we believe that the only way to have salvation is to ask God for your forgiveness of your sins and to truly trust in Jesus Christ for your salvation. It is noticeable that the Christian viewpoint on salvation is different from the viewpoint of the Calvinist. Calvinists do not believe in the term total depravity like

ould God really want that to happen to somebody?” No God would not want that to happen to anybody.

Christians do when we talk about salvation. “Total depravity means that there is nothing a person can do to save himself or gain merit before God.”(Towns, 256) Calvinists do not believe in this because they think the reason a person can not save himself or herself or gain me

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