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CALIXTINS

Volume 3 · 63 words · 1778 Edition

in church-history, a sect of Christians in Bohemia and Moravia: the principal point in which they differed from the church, was the use of the chalice, or communicating in both kinds.

is also a name given to those, among the Lutherans, who follow the sentiments of George Calixtus, a celebrated divine, who opposed the opinion of St Augustine on predestination, grace, and free-will.