The Canons of Dort was the product of a synod of Reformed Churches which met between the Nov 13, 1618 and May 6, 1619 in Dort (or Dordecht), Holland to examine the teachings of the disciples of a Jacobus Arminius, known as the Remonstrants. These had wanted their articles of faith to be adopted by the Churches in Holland, and so had petitioned the Dutch Parliament with a Remonstrance containing 5 points. The parliament called for the Synod, and the result was that the 5 articles of the Remonstrance were condemned…
Canons of Dort & Five Points of Calvinism