1618–19, a synod of Reformed theologians met in Dordt (or Dordrecht) to deal finally with the Remonstrance. In response to its five points they produced their ‘Five Articles against the Remonstrants’, later put into the appropriately Dutch acronym ‘TULIP’: T Total depravity. Meaning not that we are as sinful as we possibly could be, but that sin has so comprehensively affected us that we have no ability to do anything towards our own salvation. U Unconditional election. Meaning that God unconditionally chooses some people for salvation and others for damnation, and does not base that decision
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