The acronym was used by Cleland Boyd McAfee as early as circa 1905.
An early printed appearance of the T-U-L-I-P acronym is in Loraine Boettner's 1932 book, The Reformed Doctrine of Predestination.
The five points were more recently popularized in the 1963 booklet The Five Points of Calvinism Defined, Defended, Documented by David N.
Another view, influenced by the teaching of Karl Barth and neo-orthodoxy, is found in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)'s Confession of 1967.
There is no repenting from sin since the most evil thing is the sinner's own actions, thoughts, and words. Some contemporary theologians in the Reformed tradition, such as those associated with the PC(USA)'s Confession of 1967, have emphasized the social character of human sinfulness.
In South Korea, Presbyterianism is the largest Christian denomination. A 2011 report of the Pew Forum on Religious and Public Life estimated that members of Presbyterian or Reformed churches make up 7% of the estimated 801 million Protestants globally, or approximately 56 million people.
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