Basis
The worldview of the synod of Dordt
Not long after the conclusion of the Synod of Dordrecht the Puritan party in the Church of England proposed that the Canons of Dordt be adopted as an official Anglican confessional standard. A series of conferences were held in 1626 to debate this proposal, and the debate gave rise to strong passions. At one point Francis White, a leader of the Arminian party, leaped to his feet and addressed the presiding officials with this urgent plea: “I beseech our Lordships that we of the Church of England be not put to borrow a new faith from any village in the Netherlands.”2