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91Christianity — /kris chee an i tee/, n., pl. Christianities. 1. the Christian religion, including the Catholic, Protestant, and Eastern Orthodox churches. 2. Christian beliefs or practices; Christian quality or character: Christianity mixed with pagan elements; …
92remonstrant — remonstrantly, adv. /ri mon streuhnt/, adj. 1. remonstrating; expostulatory. n. 2. a person who remonstrates. 3. (cap.) one of the Dutch Arminians whose doctrinal differences from strict Calvinists were set forth in 1610. [1610 20; < ML… …
93Erasmus, Desiderius — born Oct. 27, 1469, Rotterdam, Holland died July 12, 1536, Basel, Switz. Dutch priest and humanist, considered the greatest European scholar of the 16th century. The illegitimate son of a priest and a physician s daughter, he entered a monastery… …
94Ames, William — ▪ English theologian born 1576, Ipswich, Suffolk, Eng. died Nov. 14, 1633, Rotterdam English Puritan theologian remembered for his writings on ethics and for debating and writing in favour of strict Calvinism in opposition to Arminianism.… …
95Arminius, Jacobus — ▪ Dutch theologian Dutch Jacob Harmensen or Jacob Hermansz born October 10, 1560, Oudewater, Netherlands died October 19, 1609, Leiden theologian and minister of the Dutch Reformed Church who opposed the strict Calvinist teaching on… …
96Dort, Synod of — ▪ Netherlands church assembly assembly of the Reformed Church of the Netherlands that met at Dort (in full Dordrecht) from Nov. 13, 1618, to May 9, 1619. The synod tried to settle disputes concerning Arminianism (q.v.). In 1610 the Dutch… …
97Gomarus, Franciscus — ▪ Dutch theologian English Francis Gomar , French François Gomar born January 30, 1563, Bruges, Flanders [now in Belgium] died January 11, 1641, Groningen, Netherlands Calvinist theologian and university professor whose disputes with his… …
98Goodwin, John — ▪ English theologian born c. 1594, Norfolk, England died 1665, London? prominent English Puritan theologian and leader of the “New Arminians.” Educated at Queen s College, Cambridge, Goodwin served successively as rector of East… …
99Netherlands Reformed Church, The — ▪ Dutch Protestant denomination Dutch Nederlandse Hervormde Kerk, largest Protestant church in The Netherlands, the successor of the established Dutch Reformed Church that developed during the Protestant Reformation in the 16th century.… …
100William Louis — ▪ stadholder of Friesland Dutch Willem Lodewijk born March 13, 1560, Dillenburg, Hesse [Germany] died July 13, 1620, Leeuwarden, Neth. count of Nassau, stadtholder of Friesland, Groningen, and Drenthe, who with his cousin, Maurice of… …
