the reason that this meeting was called was to settle an issue that had just 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. calvinists, who followed the teachings of john calvin, became known as "contra-remonstrants".