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Remonstrance

Re·mon·strance [ ri mónstrənss ]


noun 
Definition:
 
1. history 
Same as  Grand Remonstrance


2. statement of Arminian Protestant principles: the statement expressing Arminian Protestant principles, drawn up in 1610 in Gouda, the Netherlands. The doctrines of Jacob Arminius rejected Calvinist predestination and supported the notion of free will, and had a profound effect on Wesleyan and Methodist theology.

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