Actually, the French government did not allow the French delegates to attend the Synod.
"That the Dutch delegates were the only ones allowed to vote comes as no surprise..."
Is this supposed to be a bad thing? The Synod was called to deal with problems in the Dutch Reformed churches, not the entirety of Reformed churches. That the European delegates were summoned and actively participated should show the unity of the Reformed churches agains the Remonstrants -but ultimately this was a Dutch national (State church) problem, not a problem with the other European churches.
"BTW, it is 'Dort', not Dordt as in Dordt College, located in Suiox (sp?) Center, IA."
Um...no, either spelling is accepted. 'Dordt' is short for 'Dordrecht' -the city in Holland where the Synod was held. Where do you think Dordt College got its name?
"I just read your FR home page and note that you live in the 'Holy Land'. I was in Grand Rapids once and was told that there were intersections that had CRC's on each of the four corners. I don't know if that is true, but I did see more than a few intersections where there were three."
Stricly Hyperbole, although there are many CRC and RCA churches here.
"As you can see, I am quite familiar with the CRC and 'Dutch Calvinism'."
Actually, you've gotten nearly every thing wrong so far. It seems your 'understanding' of the Dutch Reformed tradition is predicated on your distaste for them.
Jean
The spelling in the Psalter Hymnal is 'Dort'.
As for your opinion that I do not understand the CRC position on Calvinism, please read Palmer's book and then see if I am off base. Even I was shocked at much of what he had to say.