---
title: 'Calvinism in History'
type: pdf
hasMedia: true
requiresPurchase: false
authors:
- 'Nathaniel Smyth McFetridge'
date: 1882-01-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '19th century'
topics:
- 'Calvinism (Historical)'
- 'Church-State Relations'
- 'Presbyterian Polity'
scriptures:
- 'Romans 3'
- 'Ephesians 2'
- 'Romans 9'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/19th-century/mcfetridge-1882-calvinism-in-history
---

# Calvinism in History

McFetridge argues Calvinism fostered presbyterian church polity and democratic civil tendencies, while Arminianism aligned with episcopacy and an aristocratic social order.

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