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=== Amyraldism ===
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[[File:Moïse Amyraut.jpg|thumb|upright=0.8|[[Moses Amyraut]] formulated [[Amyraldism]], a modified Calvinist theology regarding the nature of [[Jesus]]' atonement.<ref>Iustitia Dei: A History of the Christian Doctrine of Justification. p. 269. Alister E. McGrath – 2005 "The importance of this threefold scheme derives from its adoption by Moses Amyraut as the basis of his distinctive theology. Amyraut's 'hypothetical universalism' and his doctrine of the triple covenant between God and humanity is ..."</ref><ref>Hubert Cunliffe-Jones, ''A History of Christian Doctrine,'' p. 436. 2006 "The appointment of John Cameron, a peripatetic Scottish scholar, to be a professor in the Academy in 1618 introduced a stimulating teacher to the scene, and when in 1626 his pupil, Moses Amyraut (Amyraldus), was called to be a minister ..."</ref>]]

Amyraldism (or sometimes Amyraldianism, also known as the School of Saumur, hypothetical universalism,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ccel.org/ccel/hodge/theology2.iv.i.iv.html |title=Systematic Theology – Volume II – Christian Classics Ethereal Library |publisher=Ccel.org |date=21 July 2005 |access-date=5 December 2013}}</ref> post redemptionism,<ref>[[B. B. Warfield|Benjamin B. Warfield]], ''Works'' vol. V,''Calvin and Calvinism'', pp. 364–365, and vol. VI, ''The Westminster Assembly and Its Work'', pp. 138–144.</ref> moderate Calvinism,<ref>[[Michael Horton (theologian)|Michael Horton]] in J. Matthew Pinson (ed.), ''Four Views on Eternal Security'', p. 113.</ref> or four-point Calvinism) is the belief that [[God]], prior to his decree of election, decreed [[Atonement in Christianity|Christ's atonement]] for all alike if they believe, but seeing that none would believe on their own, he then [[predestination|elected]] those whom he will bring to [[Faith in Christianity|faith in Christ]], thereby preserving the Calvinist doctrine of [[unconditional election]]. The efficacy of the atonement remains limited to those who believe.

Named after its formulator [[Moses Amyraut]], this doctrine is still viewed as a variety of Calvinism in that it maintains the particularity of sovereign grace in the application of the atonement. However, detractors like [[B. B. Warfield]] have termed it "an inconsistent and therefore unstable form of Calvinism."<ref>[[B. B. Warfield|Warfield, B. B.]], ''The Plan of Salvation'' (Grand Rapids, Michigan: Eerdmans, 1973).</ref>