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.

Category: Participants in the Synod of Dort

They took on distinctive views on clerical dress and in opposition to the episcopal system, particularly after the 1619 conclusions of the Synod of Dort were resisted by the English bishops.

The Coronis had been primarily prepared for the Synod of Dort, which sat from 13 November 1618 until 9 May 1619.

Category: Participants in the Synod of Dort

* November 13 – The Synod of Dort has its first meeting.

* May 8 – The Synod of Dort has its final meeting.

See the Synod of Dort.

His most significant influence in this regard was John Davenant, later an English delegate to the Synod of Dort, who managed to significantly soften that Synod's teaching regarding limited atonement.

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

* Synod of Dort 1618 / 1619

The Synod of Dort ( also known as the Synod of Dordt or the Synod of Dordrecht ) was a National Synod held in Dordrecht in 1618 – 1619, by the Dutch Reformed Church, to settle a divisive controversy initiated by the rise of Arminianism.

There had been previous provincial synods of Dort, and a National Synod in 1576.

For that reason the 1618 meeting is sometimes called the Second Synod of Dort.

The Decision of the Synod of Dort on the Five Main Points of Doctrine in Dispute in the Netherlands, popularly known as the Canons of Dort, is the explanation of the judicial decision of the Synod.

* Anthony Milton ( 2005 ), The British Delegation and the Synod of Dort ( 1618 – 1619 )

simple: Synod of Dort

* John Lothrop Motley, " History of the United Netherlands from the Death of William the Silent to the Synod of Dort ".

The Synod of Dordrecht 1618 / 19

In 1618 / 1619, an important religious meeting took place in Dordrecht, called the Synod of Dordrecht.

Planning for a National Synod was begun by Adriaan Pauw in March 1618.

Simon Episcopius ( 1583 – 1643 ) was spokesman of the 14 Remonstrants who were summoned before the Synod in 1618.

With respect to the Calvinist Reformed churches, they were firmly rejected by the Synod of Dort ( 1618 – 1619 ), and Arminian pastors were expelled from the Netherlands.

He was chosen a deputy in 1618 to represent the French Protestants at the Synod of Dort.

The Remonstrants denied predestination and championed freedom of conscience, while their more dogmatic adversaries ( known as Contra-Remonstrants ) gained a major victory at the Synod of Dort ( 1618 – 19 ).

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.

Franciscus Gomarus ( François Gomaer ) ( January 30, 1563, Bruges – January 11, 1641, Groningen ), was a Dutch theologian, a strict Calvinist and opponent of the teaching of Jacobus Arminius ( and his followers ), which was formally judged at the Synod of Dort ( 1618 – 1619 ).

He took a leading part in the Synod of Dordrecht, assembled in 1618 to judge of the doctrines of Arminius.

This synodical meeting is not to be confused with the better known Second Synod of Dort of 1618, during which Arminians were expelled from the Church and the Canons of Dort were added to the Confessions.

Meanwhile the National Synod was convened in the city of Dordrecht in November, 1618.

From 1618 to 1619 the international Reformed churches, with representatives from several countries, met at the Synod or Council of Dordrecht ( Dordt ) in the Netherlands and there collectively stated their faith, summarizing biblical teachings in the Canons of the Council of Dordrecht.

The government of the Canadian Reformed Churches is described in a church order based on the church order adopted by the Synod of Dort ( 1618 – 1619 ).

The Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod ( LCMS ) and the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod ( WELS ), the second and third largest Lutheran bodies in the United States and the two largest Confessional Lutheran bodies in North America, do not have a bishop as the head of the church or middle jurisdiction, practicing a form of congregationalism similar to the United Church of Christ.

For example, the Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod, the Lutheran Church of Australia, and the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod recognize homosexual behavior as intrinsically sinful and seek to minister to those who are struggling with homosexual inclinations.

Pre-ecumenical councils ( also known as synods ) include the Council of Jerusalem ( c. 50 ), the Council of Rome ( 155 AD ), the Second Council of Rome ( 193 AD ), the Council of Ephesus ( 193 AD ), the Council of Carthage ( 251 AD ), the Council of Iconium ( 258 AD ), the Council of Antioch ( 264 AD ), the Councils of Arabia ( 246 – 247 AD ), the Council of Elvira ( 306 AD ), the Council of Carthage ( 311 AD ), the Synod of Neo-Caesarea ( c. 314 AD ), the Council of Ancyra ( 314 AD ) and the Council of Arles ( 314 AD ).

The Church considers the first seven Ecumenical Councils ( held between the 4th and the 8th century ) to be the most important ; however, there have been more, specifically the Synods of Constantinople, 879 – 880, 1341, 1347, 1351, 1583, 1819, and 1872, the Synod of Iaşi ( Jassy ), 1642, and the Pan-Orthodox Synod of Jerusalem, 1672, all of which helped to define the Orthodox position.

* 1593 – The Uppsala Synod is summoned to confirm the exact forms of the Lutheran Church of Sweden.

* 1992 – The General Synod of the Church of England votes to allow women to become priests.

The Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod cautioned against its use.

Confirming his continued support of the anti-Formosus faction, Sergius honoured the murdered Pope Stephen VI ( 896 – 897 ), who had been responsible for the " Cadaver Synod " that had condemned and mutilated the corpse of Pope Formosus, writing a laudatory epitaph on Stephen VI's tombstone.

Timothy's feast is kept by the Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod on 24 January.

* November 12 – The Church of England General Synod votes to admit women to holy orders.

* May 29 – May 31 – The Confessional Synod of the German Evangelical Church meets in Barmen, Germany to write the Barmen Declaration.

* October 2 – Lateran Synod: Donatism is declared a heresy.

* June – Frederick is sent as an imperial legate to the Synod of Pöhlde to mediate between the claims of Bernard, Bishop of Hildesheim, and Willigis, Archbishop of Mainz, concerning the control of the abbey of Gandersheim.

* September – The Synod of Whitby is held in Northumbria.

* January – The Cadaver Synod is held.

* June 20 – The Synod of Diamper is convened.

* March – The Synod of Jerusalem brings together bishops and representatives from the whole of Eastern Orthodox Christendom to discuss Orthodox dogma against the challenge of Protestantism.

* August 20 – Sixty Anabaptists meet at the Martyrs ' Synod.