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Calvinism |
Arminianism |
| Meaning |
Christ is punished for the sins of the sinner. His substitution is penal and personal. |
Christ is punished for the sin principle, not the sinner. His death paid the price of sin impersonally. |
| Purpose |
To accomplish personal redemption. |
To secure a possibility of redemption. |
| Focus |
The great personal exchange. |
The great general enablement. |
| Result |
Personal Redemption |
Salvability conditioned on the human heart. |
| Implication |
God is just and the justifier of the one Christ redeems. |
A sin may be punished twice (injustice of double jeopardy): on Christ and on the man who never repents. |
