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ARMJNJUS, JACOBUS (Jakob Hermanss),AND ARMINIANISM: A Dutch theologian and the theological system he is supposed to have held. Arminius was born at Oudewater (18 m.e.n.e. of Rotterdam) Oct. 10, 1560; died at Leyden Oct. 19, 1609. After his father's early death he lived with Rudolphus Snellius, profe
The gun was no longer to be seen. However, when the lantern hesitantly spread its light over the two men, the farmer stood aghast. He now could recognize Gijsbert Haan, who looked like a drowned cat, while Jan Donker appeared to have taken a mud bath. But what mainly impressed him was the fact that
Gijsbert Haan and his traveling companions reached the United States at the end of May or in the beginning of June 1847. They migrated to the state of Iowa, where Reverend Scholte established a colony. Gijsbert Haan later resided in Grand Rapids, Michigan. There he played an important role in the or
Van Huizen remained waiting on the porch of the courthouse. At that moment an old acquaintance appeared on the scene: the fish peddler, Aalt Boer. He knew the markets in the area well and tried to earn a bit at each one. He soon discovered a vacant spot between the rows of cattle and without batting
10 This was the minister who, a few years later, led a band of Secessionists to America and settled in Pella, Iowa. 11 Here Gijsbert Haan is introduced. He is the man who later moved to the Dutch colony in Holland and was influential in leading the settlers out of the Reformed Church in America. Sec
First the large family of Gijsbert Haan, then the others, mostly young people. The last to cross the gangplank were Jan Roest, the young wagon maker, and Gerard Ham, the weavers’ boss, who had finally also joined himself with the Secessionists, to the indescribable scorn of his colleagues. The sailo
They agreed with another Dutchman to take them on board at a lonely point, a good distance from any town. Here also everything was in readiness for the Dutchman had already embarked a boatload of men in the ship’s skiff, when he saw to his dismay a company of officers in hot pursuit to take them. Se
It was about the time when fears were mounting and when doubts were on the increase that the colonists had made a very bad move in affiliating with the Reformed Church, that there arrived on the scene a man by the name of Gysbert Haan. He was an elder in the church of the secession in Netherlands. H
Finally, it is our intention to show how Arminianism is alive and well today, the various ways it creeps into the church, and how it is combated. With this in mind, we begin with a look at the life of Jacob Arminius. Jacobus Arminius was born in 1559 or 1560 in Oudewater, Holland, a town on the rive
Fully satisfied, Manus Rebel wiped the dust from his clothing and then turned to the spot where Maarten had laid. But the boy had long before stumbled along the farm of the brothers Van Wulfen to his own home. His deliverer was about to follow him when a strong hand was laid on his shoulder. He look