"... Calvinism represented, consistent, logical, conservative orthodoxy; Arminianism an elastic, progressive, changing liberalism" - Philip Schaff

"... Calvinism represented, consistent, logical, conservative orthodoxy; Arminianism an elastic, progressive, changing liberalism"

- Philip Schaff
The Creeds of Christendom p.509

Philip Schaff (January 1, 1819 – October 20, 1893), was a Swiss-born, German-educated Protestant theologian and a Church historian who spent most of his adult life living and teaching in the United States.

Schaff became a professor at Union Theological Seminary, New York City in 1870 holding first the chair of theological encyclopedia and Christian symbolism till 1873, of Hebrew and the cognate languages till 1874, of sacred literature till 1887, and finally of church history, until his death. He also served as president of the committee that translated the American Standard Version of the Bible, though he died before it was published in 1901.