Editing Anti-Revolutionary Party (section)

===Dissolution===
[[Image:Wim Aantjes (1974).jpg|thumb|upright|[[Willem Aantjes]], the last party leader from 1973 until 1977.]]
Meanwhile, a process of merger had started between the KVP, ARP and CHU. In 1974 they founded a federation called the [[Christian Democratic Appeal]] (CDA). In the formation of a common Christian democratic identity anti-revolutionary Aantjes played a decisive role: he orients the party towards the [[sermon on the Mount]] where Christ says that Christians should clothe the naked and feed the hungry. In the 1977 election, they campaigned together under as the CDA. Some prominent anti-revolutionaries, like Aantjes did not agree the CDA/VVD cabinet that was formed after the election and wanted to continue with the PvdA. However, they supported the cabinet politically. A group of these anti-revolutionaries left the CDA in 1981 to found the left-wing Christian [[Evangelical People's Party (Netherlands)|Evangelical People's Party]].

While the ARP was one of the dominant forces in the merged party, it was not until 2002 that a CDA member with anti-revolutionary roots became Prime Minister, [[Jan Peter Balkenende]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://npokennis.nl/longread/7693/hoe-groeide-toevalspremier-balkenende-in-zijn-rol |title=Hoe groeide 'toevalspremier' Balkenende in zijn rol? |website=NPO Kennis |language=nl |date=2 January 2018 |accessdate=30 December 2023}}</ref>