Amazing Grace, how sweet the sound that saved a wretch like me...
-- Total Depravity?
I once was lost but now I'm found, was blind but now I see...
-- Unconditional Election?
2006-11-15 13:18:37 · 6 answers · asked by ccrider 7 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
When it was written Arminianism didn't have much of a following, It really didn't come in until the mid 1800s with the development of the holiness churches.
2006-11-15 13:31:01 · answer #1 · answered by oldguy63 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I never heard Calvin sing this to Hobbes. Are you sure it's Calvinist?
Maybe it's Lennonist?
Or McCarthyism
Did I beatle you to death with this answer?
Paul Simonites?
oh, the Carpenters (get it?)
Judas Priest?
2006-11-15 17:18:59 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes
2006-11-15 13:20:10 · answer #3 · answered by beek 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You can't necessarily deduce those doctrines from the lines you quote, but I think John Newton was definitely calvinistic in his theology.
2006-11-15 13:21:02 · answer #4 · answered by Mr Ed 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Calvin Kilen wrote that song?
2006-11-15 13:26:39 · answer #5 · answered by Royal Racer Hell=Grave © 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Good point. Catholics also sing the song though...
2006-11-15 13:25:16 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋