Calvinists in history

This list proves nothing about Calvinism. It's not the adherants of a belief that make the belief true. Let me get that out of the way before anything else. This is ONLY a list. Why am I posting it? Because many free-willers, anti-Calvinists, Arminians, or whatever they prefer to be called think their beliefs are somehow the orthodox Christian position. They are wrong. Here's proof:

Poets and
hymn writers

John Milton
"Paradise Lost" and "Paradise Restored"
(1608-1674)

William Cowper "There is a Fountain"
(1731-1800)

John Newton "Amazing Grace"
(1722-1807)

Augustus Toplady
"Rock of Ages"
(1740-1778)

Philip Doddridge
"O Happy Day"
(1702-1751)

Horatious Bonar (1808-1889)

Isaac Watts
(1674-1748)

Reformers

Martin Luther
(1483-1546)

John Calvin
(1509-1564)

John Knox
(1505-1572)

John Wycliffe "the father of the Reformation"
(1320-1384)

Jerome Zanchius
(1516-1590)

Theodore Beza (1519-1605)

John Bradford (1510-1555)

Thomas Cranmer
(1489-1556)

William Tyndale (1492-1536)

Ulrich Zwingli

Hugh Latimer
(1485-1555)

Nicholas Ridley (1500-1555)

Martin Bucer (1491-1551)

Martyrs

(Augustus Toplady once challenged the Arminians of his time to produce evidence that an Arminian had ever gone to death in martyrdom. But Calvinists and martyrs are synonymous in terms. The Waldenses, for instance, our Baptist progenitors, are well known for their Calvinistic faith and numerous martyrdoms. The Puritans were also Calvinists.)

John Huss
burned to death
(1369-1415)

Jerome of Prague
also burned
(1360-1416)

William Sautre
John Claydon
Thomas Bilvey
William Tyndale
James Bainham
John Lambert
Robert Barnes
(burned as well)

John Foxe didn't die a martyrs death, but he was a martyr historian who happened to be a Calvinist.
(1517-1587)

Revivalists

(Spurgeon said he had never heard of a revival apart from Calvinistic doctrine)

George Whitfield
(1714-1770)

John Bunyan
(1628-1688)

Rowland Hill
(1745-1833)

Charles Haddon Spurgeon
(1834-1892)

Robert Murray M'Cheyne
(1813-1842)

D.L. Moody
(1837-1899)

Cotton Mather

Missionaries

Jonathan Edwards
(1703-1758)

David Brainerd
(1718-1747)

William Carey
(1761-1834)

Robert Moffat

David Livingstone

John G. Paton

John R. Mott

Scholars and Theologians

Stephen Charnock
(1628-1680)

John Owen
(1616-1683)

Thomas Chalmers
(1780-1847)

John Howe
(1630-1705)

John Ryland

Abraham Booth
(1734-1806)

Andrew Fuller
(1754-1815)

Alexander Carson
(1776-1874)

Augustus H. Strong
(1836-1921)

Charles Hodge
(1797-1878)

A.A. Hodge
(1823-1886)

B.B. Warfield
(1851-1921)

William G. T. Shedd

John A. Broadus
(1827-1895)

James Petigru Boyce
(1827-1888)

J.R. Graves
(1820-1893)

B.H. Carroll
(1843-1914)

J.M. Pendleton
(1811-1891)

Alvah Hovey
(1820-1903)

Commentators and Expositors

Matthew Henry
(1662-1714)

John Gill
(1697-1771)

Thomas Goodwin
(1600-1679)

Thomas Manton
(1620-1677)

John Brown
(1784-1858)

Robert Haldane
(1764-1842)

John Trapp
(1611-1669)

John Collinges
(1623-1630)

Richard Sibbes
(1577-1635)

Jeremy Taylor
(1613-1667)

Robert Leighton
(1611-1684)

Christopher Ness
(1621-1705)

Charles Simeon
(1759-1836)

Charles Hodge
(1797-1878)

James Buchanan
(1804-1870)

J.C. Ryle
(1816-1900)

Arthur Pink
(1886-1952)

Preachers

John Flavel
(1630-1691)

Benjamin Keach
(1640-1704)

John Rippon
(1751-1836)

Christmas Evans
(1766-1838)

John Clifford

Archibald Brown

J.B. Moody

H.B. Taylor
(1870-1932)

I.M. Haldeman

Jeremiah Burroughs

George S. Bishop

T. T. Eaton

Martin Llyod-Jones
(1899-1981)

Closing comments: This list comes from a number of lists I've found in my research. Some skeptics like to say, "Well you can make the dead believe whatever you want because they aren't there to vouch for themselves." This is true. However, I have done my homework and these men WERE Calvinists. You may view the listing with hyper-text links on my Calvinism page to read the writings by each of these authors regarding Calvinism.

Calvinism is synonymous with orthodox Christianity and evangelism.

In Christ,

Daniel Allen
www.pre-evangelism.com

 

RC, we have to be patient with them. If we stoop to their level we won't get anywhere. I know I made it clear from the beginning what the list was about- but perhaps over time they will begin to see the truth without imposing their philosophies. Just be patient. Our labor won't be in vain.

Your bro in Christ,

Dan

 

where's that respect you promised like yesterday? Guess you forgot already.

 

Hi Guero.

Did you want quotes and info from the men you listed or were those the ones you knew were Calvinists? Here some info about the men on the list (I won't supply every person since it would be WAY long):

It is common knowledge that Whitfield was a Calvinist. He was in constant discussions with John Wesley (an Arminian) of his time. Here's a link to get you started but you can just google search if you want more http://www.christianheroes.com/ev/ev013.asp

Tyndale was a Puritan- and the Puritans were Calvinists.

John Milton in Paradise Lost book III page 173:

"As my Eternal purpose hath decreed:
Man shall not quite be lost, but sav'd who will,
Yet not of will in him, but grace in me
Freely voutsaft; once more I will renew [ 175 ]"

Horatius Bonar in 'Grace Reigning in Election'

"There can be no grace when there is no sovereignty. Deny God's right to choose whom He will and you deny His right to save whom He will. Deny His right to save whom He will, and you deny that salvation is of grace. If salvation is made to hinge or any desert or fitness in man, seen or foreseen, grace is at an end."

'For His Grace and For His Glory' is a history of the doctrines of grace. Chapters Eight through Nine show us the pivotal point in Baptist understanding of Calvinism. B.H. Carroll was a staunch Calvinist. You can google for other sources showing Carroll was a Calvinist.

As I said in my original post you can either click through the links on my Calvinism page or present evidence that any of these men opposed Calvinism. It didn't take years of research. Just a little bit of time and Google

In Christ,

Dan