Editing Synod of Dort (section)

==Aftermath==
[[File:Allegory of theological dispute-Abraham van der Eyk-MBA Lyon H1151-IMG 0428.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.6|''Allegory of the theological dispute between the Arminianists and their opponents'' by Abraham van der Eyk (1721), allegorically represents what many Arminians thought about the Synod: the Bible on the Arminian side was outweighed by the sword, representing the power of the state, and [[Calvin's Institutes]] on the other]]

The thirteen Remonstrant ministers, including Episcopius, had been charged to remain in Dort until further instruction. On 20 May 1619 the Remonstrant ministers who had been present were summoned by the lay-commissioners of the synod and directed to abstain from ministerial activities such as preaching, exhorting, administering the sacraments, and visiting the sick. Furthermore, Episcopius was commanded not to write letters or books promoting the doctrines of the Remonstrants. The Remonstrants agreed to refrain from ministering in the government-ordained churches, but confessed their duty to expound their doctrines wherever people would assemble to hear them.{{sfn|Calder|1835|pp=388–389}}

On 5 July they were called to the States-General assembly where they were requested to sign ''The Act of Cessation'', the legalization of the order to desist from the ministry. When they refused to sign it, they were sentenced as "disturbers of the public peace" and ordered to leave the United Provinces.{{sfn|Calder|1835|p=389}} However, in the 18th century, Arminian theology spread to [[England]] where it became integral to the theology of the [[Methodism|Methodist churches]].{{sfn|Olson|2009|p=14|ps=: Arminian theology was at first suppressed in the United Provinces (known today as the Netherlands) but caught on there later and spread to England and the American colonies, largely through the influence of John Wesley and the Methodists}}