Gisbertus Voetius

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Gisbertus Voetius (Latinized version of the Dutch name Gijsbert Voet) (3 March 1589 — 1 November 1676) was a Dutch Calvinist theologian.

He was born at Heusden, Holland, studied at Leiden, and in 1611 became Protestant pastor of Vlijmen, whence in 1617 he returned to Heusden. In 1619 he played an influential part in the Synod of Dort, and in 1634 was made professor of theology and Oriental science at the University of Utrecht. Three years later he became pastor of the Utrecht congregation. He was an advocate of a strong form of Calvinism (Gomarism) against the Arminians. His personal influence was good, and the city of Utrecht perpetuated his memory by giving his name to the street in which he had lived.

[edit] Bibliography

• Beck, Andreas J. Gisbertus Voetius (1589-1676). Sein Theologieverständnis und seine Gotteslehre. Forschungen zur Kirchen- und Dogmengeschichte, 92. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2007.
• Goudriaan, Aza. Reformed Orthodoxy and Philosophy, 1625-1750. Gisbertus Voetius, Petrus van Mastricht, and Anthonius Driessen. Brill’s Series in Church History, 26. Leiden [etc.]: Brill, 2006.
• Beck, Andreas J. "Gisbertus Voetius (1589-1676): Basic Features of His Doctrine of God." In: Willem J. van Asselt und Eef Dekker (ed.). Reformation and Scholasticism: An Ecumenical enterprise. Grand Rapids, Mich.: Baker Academic, 2001, 205-226.
• Van Ruler, Han. The Crisis of Causality. Voetius and Descartes on God, Nature and Change. Leiden/New York/Köln: Brill, 1995.

[edit] References

• This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica, Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain.
• Voetius: Online Biography