Johannes Polyander

This article is about the 17th century Dutch theologian. For the 16th century German theologian, see Johannes Poliander.

Johannes Polyander van den Kerckhoven (28 March 1568 in Metz – 4 February 1646 in Leiden) was a Dutch Calvinist theologian, a Contra-Remonstrant but considered of moderate views.[1]

Johannes Polyander, 1641 engraving.

Life

He was born at Metz, France. His father was from Ghent, but had gone into exile in Lorraine where he was a Protestant pastor. The family then moved to Heidelberg.[2] He studied at Heidelberg under Franciscus Junius, graduating M.A. in 1589; and then for a doctorate in Geneva in 1590, under Theodore Beza.[3]

He became French preacher at Dordrecht in 1591, and later succeeded Franz Gomarus as professor of theology at the University of Leiden,[4] where he taught from 1611. Polyander was considered a conciliatory figure, in the aftermath of the affairs at Leiden of Jacobus Arminius and Conrad Vorstius.[5]

His epitaph is displayed in the Pieterskerk, Leiden.[6]

Works

He was invited by the States of Holland to revise the Dutch translation of the Bible (the Statenvertaling), and it was he who edited the canons of the synod of Dort (1618–1619). His published works include:

Family

Johan Polyander, lord of Heenvliet, was his son, a Dutch diplomat.[8] He married Katherine Wotton.[9]

References

  1. ↑ de:s:ADB:Kerkhoven, Johann Polyander à
  2. ↑ Gustave Cohen, Écrivains français en Hollande dans la premiere moitié du 17e siecle (1920), pp. 222–3; archive.org.
  3. ↑ "The Mathematics Genealogy Project - Johannes Polyander van Kerckhoven". Genealogy.math.ndsu.nodak.edu. Retrieved 2013-11-27.
  4. 1 2 "JAN POLYANDER VAN DEN ... - Online Information article about JAN POLYANDER VAN DEN". Encyclopedia.jrank.org. Retrieved 2013-11-27.
  5. ↑ C. C. Barfoot and Richard Todd, The Great Emporium: the Low Countries as a cultural crossroads in the Renaissance and the eighteenth century (1992), p. 90; Google Books.
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  7. ↑ Wolfgang Neuber, Cognition and the Book: typologies of formal organisation of knowledge in the printed book of the early modern period (2005), p. 85; Google Books.
  8. ↑ Henk F. K. van Nierop, The Nobility of Holland: from knights to regents, 1500-1650 (1993), p. 15; Google Books.
  9. ↑  "Kirkhoven, Catherine". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.

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