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Originally Posted by KenPierce  But, we need to beware the slippery slope, because the crypto-Catholic could say that Calvinism proceeds Arminianism proceeds Universalism, right? |
Good point, but one could make a better case (to the crypto-Catholic) by pointing out that Augustinian thinking prevailed in the early church and was embraced publicly by the Synod of Orange; however, it was when the church began drifting back into semi-Pelagianism that things really began to fall apart.
Of course, there are always other factors involved. It would seem that the common denominator (coming from a former math teacher here!) is adopting a man-centered theology versus a God-centered theology.