Revisiting the Synod of Dordt 1618-1619 (Brill's Series in Church History, 49)

The Synod Of Dordt (1618-1619), The International Assembly Which Ended The Years-long Dispute Between Arminians And Calvinists, Was A Defining Event In The History Of The Dutch Republic. This Collected Volume Presents New Facts And Analyses Concerning The Synod, Its Context, And Its Legacy. It Includes Contributions On The Synod's International Character (genevan Delegation, James Ussher), Biased Historiography (john Hales And Walter Alquanquall), Scholasticism (johannes Maccovius), Philosophical Ramifications, And Arminian Theology. New, Manuscript-based Details About The Formation Of The Canons Of Dordt Are Presented. Other Papers Examine The Canons' Ascendency To Confessional Status, Intentional Pastoral Style, And View On The Salvation Of Infants. Finally, Its Reception In The Dutch Context As Reflected In Prints And Printed Works Is Mapped Out. - Publisher. Gisbertus Samuels, A Reformed Minister Sentenced By The Synod Of Zeeland In 1591 For His Opinions On Predestination / Fred Van Lieburg -- Defense Or Deviation? : A Re-examination Of Arminius' Motives To Deviate From The 'mainstream' Reformed Theology / William Den Boer -- Philosophy And The Synod Of Dordt : Aristotelianism, Humanism, And The Case Against Arminianism / Henri A. Krop -- The Synod Of Dordt On Arminian Anthropology / Aza Goudriaan -- The Petitions Of 'a Supposed Prophetesse' : The Lübeck Letters Of Anna Walker And Their Significance For The Synod Of Dordt / Jürgen Beyer, Leigh T.i. Penman -- A Distorting Mirror : The Hales And Balcanquahall Letters And The The Synod Of Dordt / Anthony Milton -- James Ussher's Influence On The Synod Of Dordt / Jonathan D. Moore -- The Canons Of The Synod Had Shot Off The Advocate's Head : A Reappraisal Of The Genevan Delegation At The Synod Of Dordt / Nicolas Fornerod -- On The Maccovius Affair / Willem J. Van Asselt -- Popular And Catholic : The Modus Docendi Of The Synod Of Dordt / W. Robert Godfrey -- O, Ye Women, Think Of Thy Innocent Children, When They Die Young! : The Synod Of Dordt (first Head, Article Seventeen) Between Polemic And Pastoral Theology / Erik A. De Boer -- The Drafting Of The Synod Of Dordt : A Preliminary Survey Of Early Drafts And Related Documents / Donald Sinnema -- Imagining The Synod Of Dordt And The Arminian Controversy / Joke Spaans -- Ambivalent Assessments Of The Synod Of Dordt By Dutch Contra-remonstrants / Willem J. Op 't Hof -- Making Sense Of Schism / Joris Van Eijnatten. Edited By Aza Goudriaan And Fred Van Lieburg. Proceedings Of A Conference Held Apr. 6-7, 2006 In Dordrecht, Netherlands. Includes Bibliographical References And Indexes. Contents......Page 6 Contributors......Page 8 A. Goudriaan & F. van Lieburg: Introduction......Page 10 F. van Lieburg: Gisbertus Samuels, a Reformed Minister Sentenced by the Synod of Zeeland in 1591 for His Opinions on Predestination......Page 16 W. den Boer: Defense or Deviation? A Re-examination of Arminius's Motives to Deviate from the 'Mainstream' Reformed Theology......Page 38 H.A. Krop: Philosophy and the Synod of Dordt. Aristotelianism, Humanism, and the Case against Arminianism......Page 64 A. Goudriaan: The Synod of Dordt on Arminian Anthropology......Page 96 J. Beyer & L.T.I. Penman: The Petitions of 'a Supposed Prophetesse.' The Lubeck Letters of Anna Walker and Their Significance for the Synod of Dordt. A Linguistic and Contextual Analysis......Page 122 A. Milton: A Distorting Mirror: The Hales and Balcanquahall Letters and the Synod of Dordt......Page 150 J.D. Moore: James Ussher's Influence on the Synod of Dordt......Page 178 N. Fornerod: "The Canons of the Synod Had Shot Off the Advocate's Head": A Reappraisal of the Genevan Delegation at the Synod of Dordt......Page 196 W.J. van Asselt: On The Maccovius Affair......Page 232 W.R. Godfrey: Popular and Catholic: The Modus Docendi of the Canons of Dordt......Page 258 E.A. de Boer: "O, ye Women, Think of Thy Innocent Children, When They Die Young!" The Canons of Dordt (First Head, Article Seventeen) between Polemic and Pastoral Theology......Page 276 D. Sinnema: The Drafting of the Canons of Dordt: A Preliminary Survey of Early Drafts and Related Documents......Page 306 D. Sinnema: The Canons of Dordt: From Judgment on Arminianism to Confessional Standard......Page 328 J. Spaans: Imagining the Synod of Dordt and the Arminian Controversy......Page 350 W.J. op 't Hof: Ambivalent Assesments of the Synod of Dordt by Dutch Contra-Remonstrants......Page 382 J. van Eijnatten: Making Sense of Schism......Page 412 Index of Biblical Texts......Page 440 Index of Names......Page 442 Index of Subjects......Page 450 Gisbertus Samuels, a Reformed minister sentenced by the Synod of Zeeland in 1591 for his opinions on predestination / Fred van Lieburg Defense or deviation? : a re-examination of Arminius' motives to deviate from the 'mainstream' Reformed theology / William den Boer Philosophy and the Synod of Dordt : Aristotelianism, humanism, and the case against Arminianism / Henri A. Krop The Synod of Dordt on Arminian anthropology / Aza Goudriaan The petitions of 'a supposed prophetesse' : the Lübeck letters of Anna Walker and their significance for the Synod of Dordt / Jürgen Beyer, Leigh T.I. Penman A distorting mirror : the Hales and Balcanquahall letters and the Synod of Dordt / Anthony Milton James Ussher's influence on the Synod of Dordt / Jonathan D. Moore "The Canons of the Synod had shot off the advocate's head" : a reappraisal of the Genevan delegation at the Synod of Dordt / Nicolas Fornerod On the Maccovius affair / Willem J. van Asselt Popular and catholic : the Modus docendi of the Synod of Dordt / W. Robert Godfrey "O, ye women, think of thy innocent children, when they die young!" : the Canons of Dordt (first head, article seventeen) between polemic and pastoral theology / Erik A. de Boer The drafting of the Canons of Dordt : a preliminary survey of early drafts and related documents / Donald Sinnema The drafting of the Canons of Dordt : a preliminary survey of early drafts and related documents / Donald Sinnema Imagining the Synod of Dordt and the Arminian controversy / Joke Spaans Ambivalent assessments of the Synod of Dordt by Dutch Contra-Remonstrants / Willem J. op 't Hof Making sense of schism / Joris van Eijnatten The Synod of Dordt (1618-1619), the international assembly which ended the years-long dispute between Arminians and Calvinists, was a defining event in Dutch history. This collected volume presents new facts and analyses concerning the Synod, its context, and its legacy.