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== History ==

{{Calvinism}}

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 a shorter but lengthy English work entitled ''The Riches of God's Love unto the Vessels of Mercy.'' In the last century, the most recent proponents of supralapsarianism include [[Abraham Kuyper]], [[Herman Hoeksema]], [[Arthur Pink]], [[Gordon Clark]]. Historically, it is estimated that less than 5% of all Calvinists have been Supralapsarian.<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:

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:

{{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>}}