[mamelukesabre]

I'm going to go out on a limb here and guess that "arminianism" has nothing to do with "Armenians"

[drstevej]

You are right. Arminian has to do with Jacob Arminius [1588-1609]. His views and those of his followers, the Remonstrants, were a reaction to Calvinism. John Wesley later espoused views quite similar to Arminius.