Oordeel des Synodi Nationalis der Gereformeerde Kercken van de Vereenichde Nederlanden, ghehouden binnen Dordrecht, inden jare 1618 ende 1619 : ... over de bekende vijf hooft-stucken der leere, daer van inde Gereformeerde Kercken deser Vereenichde Nederlanden verschil is gevallen, uytghesproken ...
Dordrecht: Isaac Janssen Canin, 1619. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo (8 x 6 1/2"). [12], 114pp. Contemporary full vellum with handwritten title on spine. Additional engraved title depicting a view of the Synod. Decorative initial.
Published anonymously in 1619 by Festus Hommius (1576-1642), a Dutch Calvinist theologian, this work is a concise history of the Synod of Dordrecht, an international Synod held from November 13, 1618 to May 9, 1619, by the Dutch Reformed Church, to settle a divisive controversy initiated by the rise of Arminianism.
Voting representatives from eight foreign Reformed churches were also invited. Among these groups were also Anglican delegates from the Church of England and the Church of Scotland.
Vellum age-toned and partly rippled. Contempory notes in margins with some underling in text. Front hinge starting. Sporadic contemporary marginalia in ink throughout. Text in Dutch. Binding in overall good- to good, interior in good+ to very good condition. g- to vg. Item #42707
About the author: Festus Hommius (1576-1642) was a Dutch Calvinist theologian who became preacher at Dokkum in 1599. From 1602 preacher at Leiden, he rapidly became drawn into the conflict around Jacobus Arminius. Hommius became a partisan of Franciscus Gomarus, the opponent of Arminius on the Leiden faculty. He published polemical books and attended conferences with Remonstrant leaders such as Johannes Wtenbogaert. He was a leading publicist of the Contra-Remonstrants, attacking the Five Articles of Remonstrance. He used guilt by association in suggesting their connection to free-thinking, Socinianism and atheism. He tried to have Dutch congregations in England represented at the Synod of Dort; this appeal to the Dutch government resulted in the presence of Carolus Liebaert as observer.
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