* Depravity is total: Arminius states " In this state, the free will of man towards the true good is not only wounded, infirm, bent, and weakened ; but it is also imprisoned, destroyed, and lost.

" William Witt states that " Arminius has a very high theology of grace.

However, according to Roger Olson, it is incorrect to assert that all Arminians agree with this view because, as he states: " Arminius did not believe it, neither did Wesley nor some of his nineteenth-century followers.

" David Pawson, a British pastor, decries this association as " libelous " when attributed to Arminius ' or Wesley's doctrine.

The Battle of the Teutoburg Forest (, Hermannsschlacht or Varusschlacht ), described as clades Variana ( the Varian disaster ) by Roman historians, took place in 9 CE, when an alliance of Germanic tribes led by Arminius of the Cherusci ambushed and decisively destroyed three Roman legions, along with their auxiliaries, led by Publius Quinctilius Varus.

Publius Quinctilius Varus ( 46 BC in Cremona, Roman Republic – AD 9 in Germania ) was a Roman politician and general under Emperor Augustus, mainly remembered for having lost three Roman legions and his own life when attacked by Germanic leader Arminius in the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest.

Arminius advocated revising the Belgic Confession and the Heidelberg Catechism, but was not explicit, until much later when the debate became an open conflict.

The dispute took a public turn on February 7, 1604 when Willem Bastingius in his disputation De divina praedestinatione defended a number of Arminius's theses, Arminius himself presiding.

He taught quietly at Leiden until 1603, when Jacobus Arminius came to be one of his colleagues in the theological faculty, and began to teach what he viewed as essentially Pelagian doctrines and to create a new school of theology within the university.

Segestes openly turned against Arminius when Germanicus invaded northern Germany in 15 AD in a renewed attempt to establish Roman rule in the area.

The final blow was delivered in 21 AD when Segestes and other members of his family murdered Arminius.

Offenhauser began working in the shop of Harry Arminius Miller in 1913 at age 25, when the state of the art double overhead cam, four valve per cylinder Peugeot Grand Prix car, an engine design which would be contemporary even today, won the Indianapolis 500.

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

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.

When Arminius died before he could satisfy Holland's State General's request for a 14-page paper outlining his views, the Remonstrants replied in his stead crafting the Five articles of Remonstrance.

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.

" 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.

* Arminianism denies Jesus ' substitutionary payment for sins – Both Arminius and Wesley believed in the necessity and sufficiency of Christ's atonement through penal substitution.

He decided on a height of for the statue, double that of Italy's Colosso di San Carlo Borromeo and the German statue of Arminius, both made with the same method.

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.

In 19, Adgandestrius, a chief of the Chatti, asked Rome for poison to kill Arminius.

Arminius ( a. k. a. Hermann the Cherusker ), leader of the Germanic tribes during the battle, became something of a legend for his overwhelming victory over the Romans.

Despite a warning from Segestes, Varus trusted Arminius, the man who appealed for his help, because he was a Romanised Germanic prince and commander of an auxiliary cavalry unit.

Arminius cut off his head and sent it to Bohemia as a present to King Marbod of the Marcomanni, the other most important Germanic leader, whom Arminius wanted to coax into an alliance, but Marbod declined the offer and sent the head on to Rome for burial.

Their chief, Boiocalus, having personally refused Arminius ( spending some time in prison for it and then serving Rome in some capacity ) had received the status of friend of Rome.

" Arminius then asked to defend his positions in public or for a national or provincial synod to be called to examine the matter.

Before the assembly, Arminius finally explained his call to rewrite the Belgic Confession and the Heidelberg Catechism, saying that he did not feel obligated to explain his position before, for " as a professor, he considered himself subject only to the authority of the Leiden Curators and the States, not to the Church ".

Memorial stone for Jacobus Arminius at St. Peter's Church, Leiden.

Arminius taught of a " preventing " ( or prevenient ) grace that has been conferred upon all by the holy spirit and this grace is " sufficient for belief, in spite of our sinful corruption, and thus for salvation.

" Arminius stated that " the grace sufficient for salvation is conferred on the Elect, and on the Non-elect ; that, if they will, they may believe or not believe, may be saved or not be saved.

But the Calvinist Synod of Dort ( 1618 – 1619 ), convening for the purpose of condemning Arminius ' theology, declared it and its adherents anathemas, defined the five points of Calvinism, and persecuted Arminian pastors who remained in the Netherlands.

* Jacobus Arminius ( 1560 – 1609 ), Latinized name for Jacob Harmensz / Hermann

This loss loomed large in the Roman psyche and revenge for this defeat, as well as the neutralization of the threat of Arminius, were the impetus for Germanicus ' campaign.

Arminianism is based on the theological ideas of the Dutch Reformed theologian Jacobus Arminius ( 1560 – 1609 ) and his historic supporters known as the Remonstrants and is known as a soteriological sect of Protestant Christianity.

Classical Arminianism, which sees Arminius as the main contributor, and Wesleyan Arminianism, which sees John Wesley as the main contributor, are the two main outlooks on how the system is realistic in detail.

One particular thrust is a return to the teachings of Arminius.

* Election is conditional: Arminius defined election as " the decree of God by which, of Himself, from eternity, He decreed to justify in Christ, believers, and to accept them unto eternal life.

* Arminianism is Pelagian ( or Semi-Pelagian ), denying original sin and total depravity – No system of Arminianism founded on Arminius or Wesley denies original sin or total depravity ; both Arminius and Wesley strongly affirmed that man's basic condition is one in which he cannot be righteous, understand God, or seek God.

The first Batavi commander we know of is named Chariovalda, who led a charge across the Visurgin ( Weser ) against the Cherusci led by Arminius during the campaigns of Germanicus in Germania Transrhenana.

Marobod had made peace with the Romans, and that is why the Lombards were not part of the Germanic confederacy under Arminius at the Battle of Teutoburg Forest in AD 9.

# 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.

Conditional Predestination, or more commonly referred to as conditional election, is a theological stance stemming from the writings and teachings of Jacobus Arminius, after whom Arminianism is named.

* Maroboduus, king of the Marcomanni, is defeated by Arminius and his Germanic tribes.

The latest event referred to in the poem is the great defeat of Varus by Arminius in the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest ( AD 9 ).

Arminianism is the theological stance of Jacob Arminius and the movement which stemmed from him.

Arminius also believed that the sublapsarian unconditional predestination view of Augustine and Martin Luther is unscriptural.