Editing Synod of Dort (section)

== Political impact==
The Synod rejected the teachings of the Remonstrants on the controverted points as falling outside the bounds of the Reformed confessions. There followed the [[Trial of Oldenbarnevelt, Grotius and Hogerbeets|political condemnation]] of the statesman [[Johan van Oldenbarnevelt]] who had been the protector of the Remonstrants. For the crime of ''general perturbation in the state of the nation, both in Church and State'' (treason), he was beheaded on 13 May 1619, only four days after the final meeting of the Synod. As consequence of the Arminian defeat, the jurist [[Hugo Grotius]] was given a life sentence in prison; but he escaped with the help of his wife. Both Van Oldenbarnevelt and Grotius had in fact been imprisoned since 29 August 1618.