What is Synod of Dort?
{{jargon|date=January 2024}} [[File:Synode van Dordrecht.jpg|thumb|The Synod of Dort. The Arminians are seated at the table in the middle.]] The '''Synod of Dort''' was a national [[council]] that took place in 1618-1619 in the town of [[Dordrecht]] in the [[Netherlands]]. The [[Dutch Reformed Church]] held the meeting in order to discuss a very important issue in the Dutch churches that begin with the teachings of [[Jacobus Arminius]] and the rise of [[Arminianism]]. The first meeting was on November 13, 1618, and the last meeting, which was the 154th, took place on May 9, 1619. Members from the [[Reformed churches]] in eight different countries were also invited to this meeting. The name ''Dort'' is the English name for the Dutch town of ''Dordrecht'' and is still used as the pronunciation of the name today. This synod, or meeting, is usually called the '''Synod of Dordt''' or the '''Synod of Dordrecht'''. == Purpose == The reason that this meeting was called was to settle an issue that had been brought up in the Dutch churches after the spread of [[Arminianism]]. After [[Jacob Arminius]] died, people that believed the same way that he did objected to the [[Belgic Confession]] and the teachings of [[John Calvin]] and [[Theodore Beza]]. Arminius's followers published their problems with the Confession in a paper called [[The Remonstrance of 1610]]. The followers of the things listed in this document were called [[Remonstrants]]. [[Calvinism|Calvinists]], who followed the teachings of John Calvin, became known as ''Contra-Remonstrants''. In ''The Remonstrance'' and some later writing, the Arminians wrote about an alternative to the [[Calvinist]] Belgic Confession and mentioned several things that they disagreed with. They taught election on the basis of God knowing who would have faith, a universal [[atonement]], [[resistible grace]] and the possibility of walking away from grace. [[Simon Episopius]] was the speaker for the 13 members of the Remonstrants who were called to the Synod in 1618. == The end of th