Institutionalized Gomarism

The strict Calvinism of Franciscus Gomarus won state backing in the Dutch Republic. Prince Maurice of Nassau, siding with the Counter-Remonstrants, systematically removed Arminian magistrates from office and called a national synod at Dordrecht.

The Synod of Dort of 1618–19 was open mainly to Dutch Calvinists, with 28 delegates from foreign Reformed churches; 13 Remonstrants were barred from voting. It condemned Arminius and his followers as heretics, and its Canons answered the Arminian doctrines point by point.