SYNOD OF

An a embly of Protestant divines convoked at Dort in 1618-19, by the States-general, under the influence of Maurice, Prince of Na au, in which the tenets of the Arminians on the five points relating to election, redemption, original sin, effectual grace, and perseverance, were condemned by the adherents of Calvin ism. This national synod consisted of thiriy-ei^lit Du Walloon divines, five profe ors from different universities, and twenty-one lay elders; but besides these there were ecclesiastical deputies present from most of the states of the United Provinces, and from the churches of the Palatinate, He e, Switzerland, Bremen, England, and Scotland. This synod was opened on Nov. 13, 1618, and continued till May 29th in the following year, during which period it held 180 se ions; but long before these se ions had come to a close, the Arminians were pronounced guilty of pestilential errors, and condemned as corruptnrs of the Hue religion. For minute details of the proceedings of Ibis celebrated synod, the reader may consult Bratult's History of the Reformation in a?id about the Low Countries (London, 1720-22), and the usual authorities in ecclesiastical affairs. It was at this synod that the project of obtaining a translation of the Bible into Dutch was first started. The execution of this task was entrusted to some of the most learned men of the time; and after the lapse of 19 years their labours were given to the world in what has been since known Biblical as Literature.)the Dort Bible. (See Townley's Illustrations of [s. 376]