Calvinism

calvinism English Etymology From en fr calvinisme, equivalent to en Calvin ism. Pronunciation en /ˈkæl.vɪ.nɪ.zəm/ en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Calvinism.wav Southern England Noun ~ The Christian religious tradition based upon the doctrines and forms of Christian practice of several Protestant reformers, especially John Calvin, in contrast to Catholicism, Lutheranism, Anabaptism, and Arminianism. One distinctive trait of the system is its Augustinian doctrine of predestination, which teaches that God has elected some for salvation, apart from anything they do or believe. Synonyms Christian religious tradition en Reformed tradition, Reformed faith, Reformed religion, Reformed Christianity Hypernyms en Protestantism Derived terms en Calvinise Calvinist Calvinistic Calvinistical Calvinize hyper-Calvinism Translations Christian religious tradition Armenian: hy կալվինականություն Basque: eu kalbinismo Belarusian: be кальвіні́зм m Bulgarian: bg калвинизъм m Catalan: ca calvinisme m Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 加爾文主義 Jiā'ěrwén zhǔyì Czech: cs kalvinismus m Danish: da calvinisme c Dutch: nl calvinisme n Esperanto: eo kalvinismo Estonian: et kalvinism Finnish: fi kalvinismi French: fr calvinisme m Galician: gl calvinismo m Georgian: ka კალვინიზმი German: de Calvinismus m, de Kalvinismus m Greek: el καλβινισμός m Hungarian: hu kálvinizmus Icelandic: is kalvínstrú f Indonesian: id Kalvinisme Italian: it calvinismo m Japanese: ja カルビン主義 Karubin-shugi Latin: la Calvinismus m Latvian: lv kalvinisms m Lithuanian: lt kalvinizmas m Macedonian: mk калвини́зам m Norwegian: Bokmål: nb kalvinisme m Nynorsk: nn kalvinisme m Polish: pl kalwinizm m Portuguese: pt calvinismo m Romanian: ro calvinism n Russian: ru кальвини́зм m Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh калвинизам m Latin: sh kalvinizam m Slovak: sk kalvinizmus m Slovene: sl kalvinizem m Spanish: es calvinismo m Swedish: sv kalvinism c Turkish: tr Kalvinizm Ukrainian: uk кальвіні́зм m Volapük: vo kalven Welsh: cy Calfiniaeth m en eponyms terms suffixed with -ism en Protestantism