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In the first years of the Republic, controversy arose within the Reformed Church, mainly around the subject of predestination.

This has become known as the struggle between Arminianism and Gomarism, or between Remonstrants and Contra-Remonstrants.

The Synod of Dort in 1618 tackled this issue, which led to the banning of the Remonstrant faith.