Is Calvinism heresy?

7 Thoughts on “Is Calvinism heresy?”

1. Morgan on July 8, 2009 at 9:29 am said:

   Calvinism is heresy, insofar as its corollary, biblical Christianity, is heresy. Or in other words: NO!
   
2. Worldview Matters on July 13, 2009 at 2:52 pm said:

   I came to faith 9 years ago, and have studoied the Bible since. Just recently I was introduced to Calvinism – I have had no great leap to accept the basic doctrines of Calvinism. Why? Matches what the Bible says.
3. novaseeker on July 20, 2009 at 5:00 pm said:

   The main problem, as you can see from that blog, is that double predestination is quite problematic from the perspective of the creation of evil. It strongly suggests that God created evil by willing some of His creation to be damned from the time He conceived of them. Even following “infralapsarianism” (which is really nothing more than a clever trick to explain away this substantial difficulty in Calvinist doctrine), the idea is that God passively permits those whom He does not actively elect to salvation to be damned — it’s a nice try, I think, but whether God acts in an active way, or decides to refrain from acting, either way He has basically created evil creatures, even if only through his choice to act in the lives of some, and refraining from acting in the lives of others.

   The Orthodox hold a view that is very similar to the Roman Catholics on this point: namely that since God, in His essence, is outside created time, He is simultaneously present at each and every moment in time — so He knows what will happen. But He does not fore-ordain that — He simply knows it. For Orthodox, grace is freely given, and the reception/acceptance of that grace is up to the person. In that sense, Orthodoxy is similar to Roman Catholicism in having a view of salvation that allows room for individual action, rather than the irresistible response to grace that Calvinism insists is automatically present in the elect.
4. Thomas Bridges on August 11, 2011 at 6:10 pm said:

   One of the many reasons I believe Calvinism is a different gospel is that the god of Calvinism doctrine does not keep the Golden Rule. The God of the bible teaches us to treat others as we ourselves would like to be treated. ‘Love thy neighbor’ was identifed by Jesus (God) as the second greatest commandment which along with the first upheld all the Law and Prophets. The same Law Jesus came to fulfill. The God of the bible would not say ‘do as I say, not as I do’. If I were among the ‘non-elect’ I would want God to save me or at least give me some sort of opportunity for salvation – even if through the efforts of an imperfect church. God would not ask ‘and who is my neighbor?’.
5. Paul N on September 2, 2011 at 1:19 pm said:

   Calvinism lines up witha wrong reading of the bible. Calvinsism takes a straugh forward verse and by the time a calvinisnt finishes saying what it means simple world like whole and world, mean part and a select few.

   It is indeed heresy!
6. Paul N on September 2, 2011 at 1:19 pm said:

   sorry for the typo’s!
7. Usagi on May 2, 2012 at 9:24 pm said:

   Calvinism is clearly heresy:
   1. The Bible many times refers to the free will of man.
   2. Every verse used with the term “predestination” defines WHAT God has predestined (specifically, God’s plan of salvation), and not WHOM God has predestined.

   These are false teachings (heresy, by definition). Also, how could a loving God predestine a person to Hell (which would be required if He predestined only some to Heaven)?