Editing Perseverance of the saints (section)

=== Development of the Calvinist doctrine of perseverance ===
{{See also|History of the Calvinist–Arminian debate|}}
John Calvin (1509–1564) among other Reformers, was deeply influenced by [[Augustinian soteriology]].{{sfn|McMahon|2012|pp=7–9|ps=. "This is why one finds that every four pages written in the ''Institutes of the Christian Religion'' John Calvin quoted Augustine. Calvin, for this reason, would deem himself not a Calvinist, but an Augustinian. [...] Christian Calvinist, should they be more likely deemed an Augustinian-Calvinist?"}}{{sfn|McKinley|1965|p=19}} The soteriology of Calvin was further shaped and systematized by [[Theodore Beza]] and other theologians.{{sfn|Muller|2003|pp=64–67}} It was then articulated during the Second [[Synod of Dort]] (1618–1619) in response to the opposing ''[[Five Articles of Remonstrance]]''.{{sfn|Sproul|2016|p=32}}{{sfn|Palmer|1996|p=10}} The Calvinist doctrine of perseverance is present in [[Reformed confessions of faith]] such as the [[Lambeth Articles]] (1595),{{sfn|Davis|1991|p=220}} the [[Canons of Dort]] (1618-1619){{sfn|Sproul|2016|loc=ch. Perseverance and Preservation}} and the [[Westminster Confession of Faith]] (1646).{{sfn|Westminster Assembly|1946|loc=ch. 17, art. 3}}