Synod of Dort

Held in 1618-19 in the Netherlands town of Dort (Dordrecht), the synod produced the Canons of Dort, one of the doctrinal standards of the [[Dutch Reformed Church]]. It affirms the orthodox Calvinist position on predestination and related issues, and was directed against the Remonstrants or Arminians, who wanted a statement which allowed some role for the human will. Arminius died in 1609; in 1610 his followers issued the Remonstrance* against the orthodox insistence on unconditioned predestination; in 1611 a Counter-Remonstrance reiterated the orthodox stand; and bitter controversy flared.