Jacobus Arminius on Authority of Scripture
1560 – 1609 · ARMINIAN
STANDARD SCHOLARLY ACCOUNTAFFIRMS°
Scripture alone is the final, only infallible authority
THE POSITION
Sola scriptura; he argued as a Reformed pastor within Reformed confessional bounds.
SCRIPTURE
2 TIMOTHY 3:16 · BSB
16 All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for instruction, for conviction, for correction, and for training in righteousness,
22 OTHERS HOLD THIS
Voddie BauchamCalvinJonathan EdwardsThe Church of Eleven22 Statement of FaithCharles Grandison FinneyBilly GrahamM. HeiserJosh HowertonTim KellerSecond London Baptist ConfessionLutherJohn MacArthurPhilip MelanchthonGavin OrtlundJohn OwenJustin PetersJohn PiperR.C. SproulWesleyWestminster ConfessionGeorge WhitefieldZwingli
Scripture with tradition and church teaching officeAQUINAS · BASIL THE GREAT · CHALCEDON · CHRYSOSTOM · CONSTANTINOPLE I · EPHESUS · NICAEA I · WILLIAM OF OCKHAM · JOHN DUNS SCOTUS
Scripture supreme, recognized and interpreted through the churchATHANASIUS · AUGUSTINE · IRENAEUS
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Dutch Reformed pastor whose questioning of unconditional election produced the Remonstrance and, in reply, the Synod of Dort. Often caricatured; he affirmed total depravity.
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"Jacobus Arminius on Authority of Scripture", Examined Doctrine, July 2026 edition, https://examineddoctrine.com/position/arminius/scripture-authority (archived at https://examineddoctrine.com/editions/2026-07/position/arminius/scripture-authority).