The Remonstrance and the Synod of Dort

In 1610 followers of Jacobus Arminius presented five articles to the States of Holland: election based on foreseen faith, a redemption provided for all, the necessity of grace that may be resisted, and an open question on whether believers can fall away. The States General then called the Synod of Dort, a synod of the Dutch Reformed state church joined by Reformed delegates from abroad. It rejected the articles, Remonstrant ministers were removed and banished, and its Canons became the source of the later five points of Calvinism.