Calvinism
the doctrines and teachings of John Calvin or his followers, emphasizing predestination, the sovereignty of God, the supreme authority of the Scriptures, and the irresistibility of grace.: Compare Arminianism.
adherence to these doctrines.
Origin of Calvinism
1Other words from Calvinism
- Cal·vin·ist, noun, adjective
- Cal·vin·is·tic [kal-vuh-nis-tik], /ˌkæl vəˈnɪs tɪk/, adjective
- Cal·vin·is·ti·cal·ly, adverb
- an·ti-Cal·vin·ism, noun
- an·ti-Cal·vin·ist, noun, adjective
- an·ti-Cal·vin·is·tic, adjective
- non-Cal·vin·ist, noun, adjective
- non-Cal·vin·is·tic, adjective
- pro-Cal·vin·ism, noun
- pro-Cal·vin·ist, noun, adjective
- pro-Cal·vin·is·tic, adjective
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How to use Calvinism in a sentence
On a 2,813-acre tract roughly 30 miles west, Washington found a Calvinist sect called the Seceders squatting on his land.
And of course there is the gene, that hard-wired Calvinist gateway to gloomy fate.
That Byron himself had been raised a Scotsman and a Calvinist placed him from birth slightly askew from the ruling British elite.
Poet and Rake, Lord Byron Was Also an Interventionist With Brains and Savvy | Michael Weiss | February 16, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe frat-boy Calvinist megachurch pastor Mark Driscoll has drawn attention for his brash stage manner and his graphic sex advice.
Can Nadia Bolz-Weber Resurrect Liberal Christianity? | Jonathan D. Fitzgerald | November 24, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTIt's disconcerting to see my once Calvinist home town rebrand itself as the Dubai of the Great Lakes.
The reproaches which Calvinist writers have cast upon her are to her glory; she incurred them by reason only of her triumphs.
Catherine de' Medici | Honore de BalzacHe was a sincere and energetic Calvinist, and in 1565 he wrote to Cecil lamenting the measures taken against the Puritans.
Ireland Under the Tudors, Vol. II (of 3) | Richard BagwellA staunch Calvinist, Witherspoon exerted a strong influence on American educational, religious, and political development.
Journal and Letters of Philip Vickers Fithian: A Plantation Tutor of the Old Dominion, 1773-1774. | Philip Vickers FithianIt was given to her by a priest who was present, and who exhorted and rebuked her like a Scotch Calvinist.
Court Beauties of Old Whitehall | W. R. H. TrowbridgeThe ironical motto, Deo sic patet fides et hominibus, had been inflicted on the converted Calvinist by Hozier the satirical.
Parisians in the Country | Honore de Balzac
British Dictionary definitions for Calvinism
/ (ˈkælvɪˌnɪzəm) /
the theological system of John Calvin and his followers, characterized by emphasis on the doctrines of predestination, the irresistibility of grace, and justification by faith
Derived forms of Calvinism
- Calvinist, noun, adjective
- Calvinistic or Calvinistical, adjective
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Cultural definitions for Calvinism
The religious doctrines of John Calvin. Calvin stressed that people are saved through God's grace, not through their own merits. The most famous of Calvin's ideas is his doctrine of predestination. In the United States, the Presbyterians make up the largest single group of Christians (see also Christian) in the Calvinist tradition.
The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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