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=== Synod of Dort ===

The first to articulate the supralapsarian view were [[Theodore Beza]]<ref>{{harvnb|Bray|1972|p=529}}</ref> and [[Jerome Zanchius]].<ref name="Daniel1993">{{harvnb|Daniel|1993|p=95}}</ref> A few later Calvinists, in particular those influenced by Beza's theology, embraced supralapsarianism. In England Beza's influence was felt at Cambridge, where [[William Perkins (Puritan)|William Perkins]] and [[William Ames]] held to it, as well as [[Franciscus Gomarus]] in the Netherlands. Later, [[William Twisse]] wrote two comprehensive books on supralapsarianism, one in Latin entitled ''Vindiciae Gratiae, Potestatis, Et Providentiae Dei'' and an English work entitled ''The Riches of God's Love unto the Vessels of Mercy.'' In the 20th century, proponents of supralapsarianism include [[Abraham Kuyper]], [[Herman Hoeksema]], [[Arthur Pink]], [[Gordon Clark]]. Historically, it is estimated that less than 5% of all Calvinists ascribe to supralapsarianism.<ref name="Daniel1993" /> Also according to [[Loraine Boettner]] and Curt Daniel, no major Reformed theologian and very few modern Calvinists are supralapsarian.<ref>{{harvnb|Boettner|1932|loc=2.11.6}}</ref> The infralapsarianism view seems to be expressed in the [[Synod of Dort]] in 1618. In the [[Canons of Dort]], First Point of Doctrine, Article 7, it states:

However the synod did not reject those who held to a supralapsarian position, as illustrated in the trial held against [[Johannes Maccovius]] and his eventual exoneration concerning his views on sin in the divine decree.<ref>{{harvnb|Goudriaan|van Lieburg|2010|pp=217–241}}</ref> Other supralapsarians at the synod included Gomarus, Ames, and [[Gisbertus Voetius]], none of whom took exception to the Canons of Dort.<ref>{{harvnb|Fesko|2001}}</ref>

{{blockquote|Before the foundation of the world, by sheer grace, according to the free good pleasure of his will, [God] chose in Christ to salvation a definite number of particular people out of the entire human race which had fallen by its own fault from its original innocence into sin and ruin.<ref>{{harvnb|Christian Reformed Church|1987|p=124}}</ref>}}

However the synod did not reject those who held to a supralapsarian position, as illustrated in the trial held against [[Johannes Maccovius]] and his eventual exoneration concerning his views on sin in the divine decree.<ref>{{harvnb|Goudriaan|van Lieburg|2010|pp=217–241}}</ref> Other supralapsarians at the synod included Gomarus, Ames, and [[Gisbertus Voetius]], none of whom took exception to the Canons of Dort.<ref>{{harvnb|Fesko|2001}}</ref>

=== Views of William Twisse ===