Calvinism

(noun)

The Christian denomination based upon the doctrines of John Calvin, which place emphasis on the sovereignty of God and which distinctively include the doctrine of predestination (that a special few are predetermined for salvation, while others cannot attain it).

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(noun)

The Christian denomination which places emphasis on the sovereignty of God and distinctively includes the doctrine of predestination (that a special few are predetermined for salvation, while others cannot attain it).

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(noun)

The Christian denomination that places emphasis on the sovereignty of God and distinctively includes the doctrine of predestination (which asserts that a special few are predetermined for salvation, while others cannot attain it).

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Examples of Calvinism in the following topics:

  • The Election of 1924

    • Republican Calvin Coolidge benefited from a split within the Democratic Party in winning the 1924 presidential election.
    • The United States presidential election of 1924 was won by Calvin Coolidge, the Republican candidate who served as vice president under Warren G.

  • The Republican Era

    • In the 1920 election, he and his running mate, Calvin Coolidge , defeated Democrat James M.
    • In August 1923, President Harding died in office and was succeeded by Vice President Calvin Coolidge.

  • Promoting Peace Abroad

    • Harding and Vice President Calvin Coolidge, who became president following Harding’s death in 1923, fostered the growth of U.S. companies.
    • President Calvin Coolidge did not advocate U.S. membership in the League of Nations.

  • Puritanism

    • Puritans adopted Calvinism with its opposition to ritual and an emphasis on preaching, a growing sabbatarianism, and preference for a Presbyterian system of church polity.
    • Unlike the Puritans, the Quakers had more liberal views on gender equality and rejected the beliefs of Calvinism.

  • Transcendentalism

    • Rooted in the transcendental philosophy of Immanuel Kant (and of German Idealism more generally), it developed as a reaction against 18th century rationalism, John Locke's philosophy of Sensualism, and the manifest destiny of New England Calvinism.

  • Al Smith and the Election of 1928

    • Davis, who went on to lose the general election to Republican Calvin Coolidge.
    • Food Administration during World War I and then as the United States Secretary of Commerce during the 1920s under Presidents Warren Harding and Calvin Coolidge.

  • Religion in Early New England

    • Puritans were followers of a Protestant minister named John Calvin.
    • They followed John Calvin's idea that the covenant was between one person and God; everyone in the Puritan community was supposed to live a Christian life, and in exchange, God would bless everyone with health and wealth.

  • Ida B. Wells

    • Three of her friends, Thomas Moss, Calvin McDowell, and Henry Stewart, owned the People's Grocery Company.

  • The Roosevelt Corollary

    • In 1928, under President Calvin Coolidge, the Clark Memorandum reversed the Roosevelt Corollary.

  • Romanticism in America

    • It appealed especially to opponents of Calvinism, a Protestant sect that believes the destiny of each individual is preordained by God.