- The theological tenets or doctrines of John Calvin (a
French theologian and reformer of the 16th century) and his followers,
or of the so-called calvinistic churches.
- Of or pertaining to the Trinity, the doctrine of the
Trinity, or believers in that doctrine. - One who believes in the doctrine of the Trinity. - One of a monastic order founded in Rome in 1198 by St.
John of Matha, and an old French hermit, Felix of Valois, for the
purpose of redeeming Christian captives from the Mohammedans.
- A follower of John Cassianus, a French monk (died
about 448), who modified the doctrines of Pelagius, by denying human
merit, and maintaining the necessity of the Spirit's influence, while,
on the other hand, he rejected the Augustinian doctrines of election,
the inability of man to do good, and the certain perseverance of the
saints. - Of or pertaining to the Semi-Pelagians, or their
tenets.