What a pity it
is that the opinions either of Calvinists or Arminians,"
--(we beg leave to add: or any other Catholic or Protestant opinions
whatsoever)--
"cannot in the eyes of some persons be held without a diminution of
Christian charity!"
XII. 2.
_Grotius's Religious Sentiments_.
[Sidenote: CHAP. XII.]
To the milder form of Arminianism, Grotius always inclined. During his
embassy in France, he adopted it without reserve. He was soon disgusted
with the French Calvinists. The ministers of Charenton accepted the
decisions of the Synod of Dort, and, in conformity with them, refused,
when Grotius repaired to Paris, after his escape from Louvestein, to
admit him into their communion. On his arrival at Paris, in quality of
ambassador, they offered to receive him: Grotius expressed pleasure at
the proposal; and, intimated to them, that if he should go into any
country, in which the Lutherans, knowing his sentiments on the sacrament
of our Lord's Supper, should be willing to receive him into their
communion, he would make no difficulty in joining them.
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