Opus 2011-151, New Terms: Calvinians

I used this term in the title of a previous post.  I don’t know if I have read it somewhere else or if I just made it up myself.  It isn’t so clever that many people could not have come up with it.

Calvinian is a combination of Calvinist and Arminian.  A Calvinian is someone who belongs to a church tradition that officially follows the teachings of John Calvin but often acts, preaches and teaches like an Arminian.

Calvinists officially accept the five points of Calvinism which are expressed in the acronym TULIP.

    Total depravity
    Unconditional grace
    Limited atonement
    Irresistible grace
    Perseverance of the saints

Arminians would agree with the first point and have serious disagreements about the other four, at least as Calvinists understand them.

I came across an acronym, FACTS, on an Arminian site called An Introspective of an Arminian Christian.

Freed to believe by God's grace
Atonement for All
Conditional Election
Total Depravity
Security in Christ

It is attributed to Dr. Brian Abasciano

As you can see, the only agreement is on total depravity.  All Christians believe that man is not just a sinner but is in a condition of original sin.  The others tend to be opposites.

Do you know where you stand on these doctrines and why?

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