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adjectiveof or relating to or characteristic of Calvinism or its adherents
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nounan adherent of the theological doctrines of John Calvin
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- election the predestination of some individuals as objects of divine mercy (especially as conceived by Calvinists)
- reformed of or relating to the body of Protestant Christianity arising during the Reformation; used of some Protestant churches especially Calvinist as distinct from Lutheran
- huguenot a French Calvinist of the 16th or 17th centuries
- puritanism the beliefs and practices characteristic of Puritans (most of whom were Calvinists who wished to purify the Church of England of its Catholic aspects)
- total depravity the Calvinist doctrine that everyone is born in a state of corruption as a result of original sin
- arminian baptist group of Baptist congregations believing the teachings of the Dutch theologian Jacobus Arminius (who opposed the doctrine of strict predestination of the Calvinists)
- evangelical and reformed church a Protestant denomination of Calvinist faith
- vaudois a Christian sect of dissenters that originated in southern France in the late 12th century adopted Calvinist doctrines in the 16th century
- general baptist group of Baptist congregations believing the teachings of the Dutch theologian Jacobus Arminius (who opposed the doctrine of strict predestination of the Calvinists)
- waldenses a Christian sect of dissenters that originated in southern France in the late 12th century adopted Calvinist doctrines in the 16th century