TULIP
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TULIP is an acronym used to remember the "Five Points of Calvinism," which is specifically related to soteriology, or the doctrine of salvation. While the theological school of Calvinism is broader than the points of TULIP, it is commonly associated with its distinctives. The five points of TULIP are often referred to as the Calvinistic "Doctrines of Grace."
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The Five Points of Calvinism in acrostic form
- T - Total depravity
- U - Unconditional election
- L - Limited atonement
- I - Irresistible grace
- P - Perseverance of the saints
Background
The historic Five Points of Calvinism are a summary of the Canons of Dort which were the judgment of the Synod of Dort (1618-1619), where the Reformed churches rejected the teaching of Arminianism. There is no certainty regarding the origin of the acronym 'TULIP' as specifically used to delineate the five points of Calvinism. The earliest published use of TULIP as a mnemonic device appears to be Loraine Boettner in The Reformed Doctrine of Predestination first published in 1932.[1] Some have intimated that Boettner may have coined the term.[2]
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Adaptations
Various ways of expressing the same Five Points may be found in a number of books dealing with the Calvinistic understanding of salvation. Some novel conceptions by notable authors are indicated below:
James Boice and Philip Ryken
- Radical Depravity
- Unconditional Election
- Particular Redemption
- Efficacious Grace
- Persevering Grace
From "The Doctrines of Grace"
R.C. Sproul
- Radical Corruption
- Sovereign Election
- Limited Atonement
- Effectual Grace
- Preservation of the Saints
From "Chosen By God"
Michael Horton
- Rebels Without A Cause
- Grace Before Time
- Mission Accomplished
- Intoxicating Grace
- No Lost Causes
From "Putting Amazing Back Into Grace"
Timothy George
- Radical depravity
- Overcoming grace
- Sovereign election
- Eternal life
- Singular redemption
From TULIPs or ROSES
Roger Nicole
- Grace
- Obligatory grace
- Sovereign grace
- Provision-making grace
- Effectual grace
- Lasting grace
Notes
- ↑ "Ever since the appearance of Lorraine Boettner's magisterial The Reformed Doctrine of Presestination, it has been customary to refer to the five points according to the acrostic TULIP." Steele, David N., Curtis C. Thomas, and S. Lance Quinn The Five Points of Calvinism: Defined, Defended, Documented, 2nd ed. (Phillipsburg, NJ: P & R Publishing) 2004, p. xiv.
- ↑ Earle Cairns, in Bibliotheca Sacra Volume 106, 106:116 (Dallas Theological Seminary, 1949; 2002) -- "Boettner sums up in this manner: 'The five points of Calvinism may be more easily remembered if they are associated with the word tulip: total inability (depravity of all human beings resulting from Adam´s sin), unconditional election, limited atonement, irresistible grace, and perseverance of the saints.' "
See also
External links
- Articles on the Doctrines of Grace at Monergism.com
- How Many Points?, by Richard Muller
- The many points of Calvinism, by Iain D. Campbell
- TULIPs or ROSES, by Iain D. Campbell
