The power plays and hatefulness of Dordt should mean that no fair person would take anything they said out of that context of power, hate, exile, and execution.
It makes me certain that their positions on scripture are unworthy of inclusion in serious Christian history.
What a convenient excuse to throw out the facts of history, xzins. I hear the same type of argument made by liberal Democrats all the time to dismiss the Reagan presidency.
An interesting change of tactics to be sure. Up until recently the whole affair was cast in doubt by the Remonstrants not being true to Arminius' views and teachings. Now suddenly the whole affair should cast in doubt because of the political surroundings at the time.
I suppose next we'll be asked to dismiss the Synod of Dordt because there was no vote taken to determine the Reformed delegates, or some other inane argument.
It makes me certain that their positions on scripture are unworthy of inclusion in serious Christian history.
See tagline.
Fair people have been including the Synod's position on Scripture in serious Christian history for hundreds of years.