Download or read book Early Sessions of the Synod of Dordt written by Donald Sinnema and published by Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht. This book was released on 2017-12-04 with total page 1009 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Volume II/2 of this critical edition of all the documents of the Synod of Dordt (1618–1619) contains documents relating to the early sessions of the Synod of Dordt, until the expulsion of the Remonstrants. Many are published for the first time. Included are documents of the Pro-Acta sessions on several matters of Dutch church life—a new Dutch Bible translation, catechetical instruction, baptism of slave children, theological training and printing abuses—as well as documents concerning the contentious procedural debates with the Remonstrants on how to deal with the doctrinal issues in the controversy—their view of predestination and related points.