> Anyone know what "A-double-L-part people" refers to? > Jon Kukla Short answer: Calvinists. Long answer: "... he denominated Calvinists A-double-L-part people. The latter term needs some explanation to render it intelligble to some of our readers. It should be observed, then, that Arminians charge Calvinists with making the term all mean part. They say that Christ died for all mankind, and that Calvinists hold that he died only for the elect; and that as these same Calvinists profess to deduce their doctrine from the Bible, it must be that they make the term all spell part. Lorenzo Dow, catching at this idea, invented a compound term to express it, viz. A-double-L-part, that is, A-ll pronounced part; as if one were to spell the word all, and pronounce it part." From a biography of Lorenzo Dow in the Family Magazine, 1833 http://books.google.com/books?id=DGpMAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA358&lpg=PA358 In other words, schoolchildren were required to spell and recite words in the format "C-A-T cat" or "D-O-G dog," and Dow played on that familiar recitation by saying the Calvinists would say "A-L-L part" rather than "A-L-L all" like a normal person. Hank Trent [log in to unmask] ______________________________________ To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html