Definition
Peter Toon notes that the expression "Hyper-Calvinism" came to be generally used in the 19th century. "The terms ‘False Calvinism’ and ‘High Calvinism’ were used in the latter part of the 18th century to describe what we have described as ‘Hyper-Calvinism’. It was only in the 19th century that the expression Hyper-Calvinism came to be generally used to describe the same doctrinal system which some people in the 18th century called High Calvinism."
Some writers define Hyper-Calvinism as a denial of the need or desirability to present a universal call to repent and believe the gospel. Other writers describe it in terms of emphasis.
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