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Canons of Dort

By Synod of Dort, Dordrecht, Netherlands. The canons are the judgment of the Synod against the Remonstrance

  1. Chapter 1: Of Divine Predestination
    As all men have sinned in Adam, lie under the curse, and are deserving of eternal death, God would have done no injustice by leaving them all to perish, and delivering them...
  2. Chapter 2: Of the Death of Christ and the Redemption of Men Thereby
    God is not only supremely merciful, but also supremely just. And His justice requires (as He hath revealed Himself in His Word), that our sins committed against His infinite...
  3. Chapter 3 & 4: Of the Corruption of Man, His Conversion to God, and the Manner Thereof
    Man was originally formed after the image of God. His understanding was adorned with a true and saving knowledge of his Creator and of spiritual things; his heart and will were...
  4. Chapter 4: Of the Perseverance of the Saints
    Whom God calls, according to his purpose, to the communion of his Son, our Lord Jesus Christ, and regenerates by the Holy Spirit, he delivers also from the dominion and slavery...