An anonymous series of thirty-one articles was circulated, " in which all kinds of unorthodox opinions held by Arminius were exposed ".

" Arminius put forward his own view on predestination which he held was in concordance with the Confession and the Catechism.

A large bronze and granite monument to Arminius ( colloquially known as " Hermann The German ") was erected near Detmold in the 19th century and portrays a rather Romantic interpretation of this Germanic chieftain with a winged helmet, his short sword held aloft in victory, and a Roman Standard ground beneath his foot.

Harry Arminius Miller of Menomonie, Wisconsin designed the Miller 122 front-wheel-drive racecar that was entered in the 1925 Indianapolis 500, which was held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Saturday, May 30, 1925.

: The Draculas were, says Arminius, a great and noble race, though now and again were scions who were held by their coevals to have had dealings with the Evil One.

" Stephen Ashby clarifies: " Arminius allowed for only two possible ways in which the sinner might be justified: ( 1 ) by our absolute and perfect adherence to the law, or ( 2 ) purely by God's imputation of Christ's righteousness.

Arminius used a philosophy called Molinism ( named for the philosopher Luis de Molina ) that attempted to reconcile freedom with God's omniscience.

Arminius saw God " looking down the corridors of time " to see the free choices of man, and choosing those who will respond in faith and love to God's love and promises, revealed in Jesus.

Arminius taught that God's grace was preveniently offered to all, and that all people have the real option to resist the call of the gospel.

* Arminianism – Reaction to Calvinist soteriology, which affirms man's freedom to accept or reject God's gift of salvation ; identified with Dutch Reformed theologian Jacobus Arminius, developed by Hugo Grotius, defended by the Remonstrants, and popularized by John Wesley.

In response to the Court's opinion Gomarus declared that " he would not dare die holding Arminius ' opinion, nor to appear with it before God's judgement seat.

Arminius states that " Justification, when used for the act of a Judge, is either purely the imputation of righteousness through mercy … or that man is justified before God … according to the rigor of justice without any forgiveness.

Jacobus Arminius was a Dutch pastor and theologian in the late 16th and early 17th centuries.

Instead Arminius proposed that the election of God was of believers, thereby making it conditional on faith.

This Synod of Dort was open primarily to Dutch Calvinists ( Arminians were excluded ) with Calvinist representatives from other countries, and in 1618 published a condemnation of Arminius and his followers as heretics.

While Wesley freely made use of the term " Arminian ," he did not self-consciously root his soteriology in the theology of Arminius but was highly influenced by 17th-century English Arminianism and thinkers such as John Goodwin, Jeremy Taylor and Henry Hammond of the Anglican " Holy Living " school, and the Remonstrant Hugo Grotius.

Classical Arminianism ( sometimes titled Reformed Arminianism or Reformation Arminianism ) is the theological system that was presented by Jacobus Arminius and maintained by some of the Remonstrants ; its influence serves as the foundation for all Arminian systems.

" Wesley disagrees with Arminius, however, in maintaining that such apostasy was not final.

Another famous ambush was that sprung by Germanic warchief Arminius against the Romans at Battle of the Teutoburg Forest.

They had the element of surprise, and this was also aided by the defection of Arminius from Roman ranks prior to the battle.

His major success was the capture of Arminius ' wife Thusnelda in May 15.

He let Arminius ' wife sleep in his quarters during the whole of the time she was a prisoner.

# Arminianism is named after Jacobus Arminius, a Dutch Reformed pastor who was trained to preach Calvinism, but concluded that some aspects of Calvinism had to be modified in the light of Scripture.

Varus ' opponent, Arminius, was handed over to the Romans along with his brother Flavus, as tribute by his father and chieftain of the noblest house in the tribe of the Cherusci, Segimerus the Conqueror, as result of the attacks of Drusus I in 11 – 9 BCE.

While Varus was on his way from his summer camp somewhere west of the Weser river to the winter headquarters near the Rhine, he heard reports of a local rebellion, fabricated by Arminius.

This was represented to Varus as an occasion which required his prompt attendance at the spot ; but he was kept in studied ignorance of its being part of a concerted national rising ; and he still looked on Arminius as his submissive vassal ..." Edward Shepherd Creasy

The Roman commander Germanicus was the opponent of Arminius in 14 – 16 CE

In addition, Arminius, who had been instrumental in the Teutoburg ambush, and who had been considered a very real threat to stability by Rome, was now defeated.

Another great mid era historian, Thomas Arnold, ranked the victory of Charles Martel even higher than the victory of Arminius in its impact on all of modern history: " Charles Martel's victory at Tours was among those signal deliverances which have affected for centuries the happiness of mankind.

At this time the tribe was split between Arminius ( known in modern German as " Hermann der Cherusker ", although his actual Germanic name was more likely Erminaz ) and Segestes.

He received an appeal to rescue Segestes, who was besieged by Arminius.

Segestes was rescued along with a group of relatives and dependents, including Thusnelda, Segestes ' daughter and the wife of Arminius.

In 21 Arminius " succumbed to treachery from his relations " ( Tacitus ) and a client king was appointed on the Germans by Rome.

John Wesley came under the influence of the Moravians, and of the Dutch theologian Jacobus Arminius, while George Whitefield adopted Calvinistic views.

Arminius advocated breaking allegiance to Rome and declaring independence, while Segestes wanted to remain loyal.

Arminius, born at Oudewater, Utrecht, became an orphan while still young.

While an already seriously-ill Arminius refuted the arguments, Gomarus " who was among the audience, became alternately flushing and deathly pale, and afterwards, while the Papist was within earshot, he insultingly remarked to his colleague that now the door to Papism had been widely opened.

Of the local clergy, Adrianus Borrius supported Arminius, while Festus Hommius opposed him.

Arminius ' only son, Thumelicus, whom she bore while in captivity, was trained as a gladiator in Ravenna and died in a gladiator fight before reaching the age of 20.

Those who uphold the original beliefs of Jacobus Arminius himself, is the common way to define Arminianism, but those of Hugo Grotius, John Wesley and others also understood the term as a sort of umbrella for a bigger alliance of ideas as well.

The presence within half a century of the date of its foundation of such scholars as Justus Lipsius, Joseph Scaliger, Franciscus Gomarus, Hugo Grotius, Jacobus Arminius, Daniel Heinsius and Gerhard Johann Vossius, raised Leiden university to be a respected and highly thought of institute within Europe.

His editorial labors included the publication of various works of his predecessors, and of Epistolae ecclesiasticae praestantum ad eruditorum virorum ( Amsterdam, 1684 ), chiefly, by Jacobus Arminius, Joannes Uytenbogardus, Konrad Vorstius ( 1569 – 1622 ), Gerhard Vossius ( 1577 – 1649 ), Hugo Grotius, Simon Episcopius ( his grand-uncle ) and Caspar Barlaeus ; they are of great value for the history of Arminianism.