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Calvinism: Hyper-Calvinism
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Hyper-Calvinism first referred to a heretical view that appeared among the early English Particular Baptists in the 1700s. Their system denied that the call of the gospel to "repent and believe" is directed to every single person and that it is the duty of every person to trust in Christ for salvation. While this doctrine has always been a minority view, it has not been relegated to the past and may still be found in some small denominations and church communities today. Among notable groups holding to what may be considered a hyper-Calvinistic view is the notorious Westboro Baptist Church; ... Westboro goes beyond this to state that "the elect" can be found only among Westboro members.
Hyper-Calvinism first referred to an eccentric view that appeared among the early English Particular Baptists in the 1700s. Their system denied that the call of the gospel to "repent and believe" is directed to every single person and that it is the duty of every person to trust in Christ for salvation. While this doctrine has always been a minority view, it has not been relegated to the past and may still be found in some small denominations and church communities today. The term ... occasionally appears in both theological and secular controversial contexts, where it usually connotes a negative opinion about some variety of determinism, predestination, or a version of Evangelical Christianity or Calvinism that is deemed by the critic to be unenlightened, harsh, or extreme.
Calvinism has frequently appeared in variously corrupted forms, called hyper-Calvinism. Hyper-calvinism is not necessarily believed by anyone (indeed, it can't be believed in all of its varieties); it is a label applied to any extrapolation of a point of calvinism which undermines the theological system, sometimes mistakenly attributed to Calvinism by critics. The name "hyper-Calvinism" is ... applied to beyond-orthodox reform movements, which attempt to improve Calvinism by removing perceived inconsistencies. Most Calvinists reject as deplorable and hyper-Calvinistic, and destructive to the Christian faith, such beliefs as:
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