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WHY JAMES ARMINIUS WAS A SUCCESS?

One of the divisive subject among believers is human will and God sovereignty in salvation.  Believers argued among themselves and discussed the role of God and man in our salvation.  James Arminius (also called Jacobus) stands out in history who contributed to this discussion. Erasmus Desiderious, prior to Arminius, wrote a book in 1524 called The Freedom of the Will.  Martin Luther responded with a book called, “On the Bondage of the Will.”  When, analyzing Arminium theology, James Arminius gave the rise to human will theology.   Arminius Life James Arminius was born in 1560 at Outewater, a small town of Holland.  He grew up without the father.  Later Arminius mother, sister, and two brothers were sacked by Spanish troops. Aemilius Roman Catholic priest took oversight for the first fifteen fifteen years, than Rudolf Snellius (a wealthy Dutch linguist and mathematician) took the financial responsibility for his schooling later in Arminius life. In the year of 1575, he was admitte