Dutch synod looks to mend historic Protestant splits
A gathering to improve relations between the many Protestant
denominations in the Netherlands recently took place on the site of an
earlier historic synod, though any idea of complete church unity taking
place was said to smack of "an unrealistic utopia."
About 700
Christians from 50 Protestant churches attended what was billed as a
"national synod" December 10–11 in the main church in the town of
Dordrecht.
The gathering's name echoed that of the Synod of
Dordt, a six-month-long assembly held in the same building from November
1618 to May 1619. That synod was called to settle a dispute between
Calvinists and Arminians.
