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Our Baptism Form was composed by one Petrus Datheen, who was a Flemish Reformer who had been driven by persecution to England, and then later to Germany. He is best known in that he wrote a number of the well-known Holland Psalms. Ds. B. Wielenga, minister of the Word in Arnhem, informs us that Dath
[1] According to Wielenga in his Reformed Baptism Form commentary, Datheen was the father of the Reformed baptism form (p. 6). Nevertheless, he was not the exclusive author because he profited from older baptism forms such as the forms used in the German Palatinate and the London Refugee Church. Fur
Rev. Kortering argues for the importance of Psalm singing as a Reformed practice rooted in Scripture and restored during the Reformation by figures like Luther and Calvin. This pamphlet traces the historical significance of congregational Psalm singing throughout church history and emphasizes its th
Datheen was embittered by his treatment at the hands of William of Orange and by his dismissal in Frankenthal. He became a wanderer, and, to support himself and his wife, took up the work of a physician, putting into practice skills he had learned as a youth in the cloister. Wandering through Husum,
Prof. Hanko is professor of Church History and New Testament in the Protestant Reformed Seminary. Introduction It is a popular pastime nowadays to attempt to find one's roots. No one can deny that this is indeed interesting to learn of one's ancestors, their struggles and sorrows, their lives and
Prof. Hanko is professor of Church History and New Testament in the Protestant Reformed Seminary. Introduction In this and subsequent articles we intend to write sketches about certain leaders in the Reformation which God brought to the Netherlands. This is of particular concern to many of our rea