Editing Hyper-Calvinism (section)

===Modern definitions of the term===
Modern definitions of Hyper-Calvinism usually distinguish it from points of [[Calvinism]], such as [[limited atonement]] or [[supralapsarianism]].<ref name=Ellis /> There is not, however, unanimity regarding the definition.

Curt Daniel defines Hyper-Calvinism as "that school of [[supralapsarian]] [[Five Point Calvinism]] which so stresses the sovereignty of God by overemphasizing the secret [will of God] over the revealed will [of God] and eternity over time, that it minimizes the responsibility of Man, notably with respect to the denial of the word ‘offer’ in relation to the preaching of the Gospel of a finished and limited atonement, thus undermining the universal duty of sinners to believe savingly with assurance that the Lord Jesus Christ died for them." Daniel goes on to suggest that the real difference between "High" and "Hyper-" Calvinism is the word "offer"<ref>{{Cite book |last=Daniel |first=Curt D. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oVuMbwAACAAJ |title=Hyper-Calvinism and John Gill |date=1983 |publisher=University of Edinburgh |language=en}}</ref>

[[Iain Murray (author)|Iain Murray]] adopts a different approach, putting the emphasis on the denial of a "universal command to repent and believe" and the assertion "that we have only warrant to invite to Christ those who are conscious of a sense of sin and need."<ref>{{Cite book |last=Murray |first=Iain H. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jKg9AAAAYAAJ&q=iain+Murray,+The+Forgotten+Spurgeon |title=The Forgotten Spurgeon |date=1973 |publisher=Banner of Truth Trust |isbn=978-0-85151-156-6 |pages=47 |language=en}}</ref>

Jim Ellis argues that "adequately defining what constitutes the fundamental error of hyper-Calvinism" is problematic because many definitions "blur the distinction between it and legitimate Calvinism", and most of them include an apparent bias against [[Five Point Calvinism]].<ref name=Ellis /> Ellis goes on to say that Hyper-Calvinism "consists of two fundamental errors: a denial of duty-faith and a resultant denial of the universal call of the gospel."<ref name=Ellis />