Calvinism

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  • n Calvinism the theological system of John Calvin and his followers emphasizing omnipotence of God and salvation by grace alone
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• Interesting fact: American President Calvin Coolidge (1923-1929) used to like Vaseline being rubbed on his head while he ate breakfast in bed
• • n Calvinism The theological tenets or doctrines of John Calvin (a French theologian and reformer of the 16th century) and his followers, or of the so-called calvinistic churches.☞ The distinguishing doctrines of this system, usually termed the five points of Calvinism, are original sin or total depravity, election or predestination, particular redemption, effectual calling, and the perseverance of the saints. It has been subject to many variations and modifications in different churches and at various times.
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• Interesting fact: Only 4 mayors of U.S. cities went on to become president: Calvin Coolidge, Grover Cleveland, Theodore Roosevelt, and Andrew Johnson.
• • n Calvinism The theological tenets or doctrines of John Calvin, a French Protestant theologian (1509-64). The peculiar characteristics of his system, as derived from his “Institutes,” are his doctrines of original sin, namely, that we derive from Adam “not only the punishment, but also the pollution to which the punishment is justly due”; of freedom of the will, namely, that man “in his present state is despoiled of freedom of will and subject to a miserable slavery”; of grace, or that “the Lord both begins and completes the good work in us,” and gives us “both will and power”; of predestination, or “the eternal decree of God, by which he has determined in himself what he would have become of every individual of mankind”; and of perseverance, or the doctrine that all the elect will certainly be saved. Calvinism has, however, been materially modified since Calvin's day, and the name is applied to modern systems of theology which differ more or less widely from his system in each of these particulars. (See Calvinist.) Generally, Calvinism may be said to rest upon the absolute sovereignty of God over all his creatures. It is in a modified form the theological system of most Baptists, Presbyterians, and Congregationalists.
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• Interesting fact: The only U.S. president to be born on the fourth of July was Calvin Coolidge.
• • n Calvinism kal′vin-izm the doctrines of the great Genevan religious reformer, John Calvin (1509-1564), as these are given in his Institutio, esp. as regards particular election, predestination, the incapacity for true faith and repentance of the natural man, efficacious grace, and final perseverance
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• Clarence Darrow

  

  “He's the greatest man who ever came out of Plymouth, Vermont. [On Calvin Coolidge]”

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