List of Dort Delegates

[Theogenes]

Does anyone know where to find a list ,by name, of the delegates to the Synod of Dort??
Thanks!
Jim

 

[VirginiaHuguenot]

Crisis in the Reformed Churches: Essays in Commemoration of the Great Synod of Dort, 1618-1619 published by the Reformed Fellowship, Inc., Grand Rapids, MI, 1968 has a complete list of the delegates.

Franciscus Gomarus, Gisbertus Voetius, Pieter Plancius and Johannes Bogerman were among the Contra-Remonstrants. Jan Uytenbogaert and Simon Episcopius were among the Remonstrants who were dismissed from the Synod before the Canons were prepared. More info here.

Here is an article on the English delegates.

[Edited on 5-10-2006 by VirginiaHuguenot]

 

[Theogenes]

Josh and Andrew,
Thanks for the help!!
Jim

 

[R. Scott Clark]

You might also want to see the essay by Bob Godfrey in Protestant Scholasticism: Essays in Reassessment.

See also this bibliography.

rsc

[Edited on 5-10-2006 by R. Scott Clark]

 

[Theogenes]

Thanks Dr. Clark!

 

[VirginiaHuguenot]

Crisis in the Reformed Churches: Essays in Commemoration of the Synod of Dort, 1618 - 1619, Appendix F:

DELEGATES TO THE SYNOD OF DORT

This list is taken from Acta ofte Handelinghe des Nationalen Synodi... tot Dordrecht, Anno 1618. ende 1619. printed at Dordrecht by Isaack Jansz. Canin (1621) "Met Privilegie der H.M. Heeren Staten Generael." Names of cities and provinces have been slightly altered to conform with modern use.

The following credentials were presented at the second session of synod, held on Wednesday morning, November 14, 1618.

from Gelderland
Wilhelmus Stephani - minister of Arnhem, doctor of theology
Eilhardus van Mehen - minister of Harderwyk
Sebastianus Dammannus - minister of Zutphen
Johannes Boulietus - minister of Warnsveld

Jacobus Verheyden - elder of Nijmegen, rector of the school
Henricus van Hel - elder of Zutphen, mayor of the city

from South Holland
Balthazar Lydius - minister of Dordrecht
Henricus Arnoldi - minister of Delft
Festus Hommius - minister of Leiden
Gisbertus Voetius - minister of Heusden
Arnoldus Muys van Holij - elder of Dordrecht, bailiff of South Holland
Johannes Latius - elder of Leiden

from North Holland
Jacobus Rolandus - minister of Amsterdam
Jacobus Triglandius - minister of Amsterdam
Abrahamus van Doreslaer - minister of Enkhuizen
Samuel Bartholdus - minister of Monnikendam
Theodorus Heyngius - elder of Amsterdam
Dominicus van Heemskerc - elder of Amsterdam, doctor of law

from Zeeland
Hermannus Faukelius - minister of Middelburg
Godefridus Udemans - minister of Zierikzee
Cornelius Regius - minister of Goes
Lambertus de Rijcke - minister of Bergen-op-Zoom

Josias Vosbergen - elder of Middelburg, doctor of law
Adrianus Hofferus - elder ofZierikzee, member of the city council

from Utrecht
(delegated by churches holding the Counter-Remonstrant position)
Johannes Ibbetzius - minister of Dordrecht, but delegated by the provincial synod of Utrecht
Arnoldus Oortcampius - minister of Amersfoort
Lambertus Canterus - elder of Utrecht, member of the city council

(delegated by churches holding the Remonstrant position)
Isaacus Frederici - minister of Utrecht
Samuel Naeranus - minister of Amersfoort
Stephanus van Helsdingen - elder of Utrecht, doctor of law and member of the Provincial Court

from Friesland
Johannes Bogermannus - minister of Leeuwarden
Florentius Ioannis - minister of Sneek
Philippus Dannielis F. Eilshemius - minister of Harlingen
Meinardus ab Idzerda - elder of Leeuwarden, member of the States of Friesland
Kempo van Harinxma van Donia - elder of Leeuwarden, member of the Provincial Court
Johannes vander Sande - elder of Leeuwarden, doctor of law and member of the Provincial Court

from Overijssel
Casparus Sibelius - minister of Deventer
Hermannus Wiferdingius - minister of Zwolle
Hieronymus Vogelius - minister of Hasselt, serving for a time the church at Kampen
Johannes Langius - minister of Vollenhove

Guilielmus van Broeckhuyzen - elder of Zwolle
Johannes van Lauwick - elder of Kampen, mayor of the city

from Groningen
Cornelius Hillenius - minister of Groningen
Georgius Placius - minister of Appeingedam
Wolfgangus Agricola - minister of Bedum
Johannes Lolingius - minister of Noordbroek

Egbertus Halbes - elder of Groningen
Johannes Ruffelaert - elder of Stedum

from Drenthe
Themo van Asscheburge - minister of Meppel
Patroclus Rommelingius - minister of Ruinen

from the Walloon churches
Daniel Colonius - minister of Leiden, regent of the Walloon college in that city
Johannes de la Croix - minister of Haarlem
Johannes Doucher - minister of Vlissingen (Flushing)
Jeremias de Pours - minister of Middelburg

Everardus Becker - elder of Middleburg
Petrus du Pont - elder of Amsterdam

Professors of Theology
Johannes Polyander - doctor of theology and professor at Leiden; delegated by the States of Holland and West-Friesland
Francisus Gomarus - doctor of theology and professor at Groningen; delegated by the States of Groningen en Ommelanden
Anthonius Thysius - professor at harderwyk; delegated by the States of Gelderland and the duchy of Zutphen
Antonius Walaeus - minister of Middelburg and professor in the academy in that city; delegated by the States of Zeeland

The following credentials were presented at the third session of synod, held on Wednesday afternoon, November 14, 1618

Delegated as representatives of the church in Great Britain by James I
George Carleton - bishop of Llandaff
Josephus Hall - doctor of theology; dean of Winchester
Johannes Davenantius - doctor of theology; professor at Cambridge
Samuel Wardus - doctor of theology; archdean of Taunton and regent of Sidney College at Cambridge

Delegated by the Elector of the Palatinate
Abrahamus Scultetus - doctor of theology; professor at Heidelberg and court preacher
Paulus Tossanus - doctor of theology; member of the Consistory of the lower Palatinate
Henricus Altingius - doctor of theology; professor at Heidelberg and regent of the Collegia Sapientiae

Delegated by the Landgrave of Hesse
Georgius Cruciger - doctor of theology; professor and rector of the Academy of Marburg
Paulus Steinius - court preacher; professor of Theology in the College of the Brethren at Cassel
Daniel Angelocrator - minister of Marburg; supterintendent of the churches along the Laen and Eder rivers
Rudolphus Goclenus the Elder - dean and professor of Philosophy in the Academy of Marburg

Delegated by the four Reformed republics of Switzerland
Johannes Jacobus Breytingerus - minister of Zurich
Marcus Rutimeyerus - minister of Berne; doctor of theology
Sebastianus Beckius - doctor of theology; professor of New Testament at Basel and dean of the theological faculty
Wolfganus Meyerus - minister of Basel; doctor of theology
Johannes Conradus Kochius - minister of Schaffhausen

Delegated by the republic and churches of Geneva
Johannes Deodatus - minister of Geneva; professor of theology
Theodorus Trochinus - minister of Geneva; professor of theology

Delegated by the republic and churches of Bremen
Matthias Martinius - rector and professor of the Illustrious School
Henricus Isselburgius - minister of the church of the Virgin Mary; doctor of theology and professor of the New Testament
Ludovicus Crocius - minister of the church of St. Martin; doctor of theology and professor of Old Testament and Philosophy

Delegated by the republic and church of Emden

The synod of the Reformed churches of France, meeting in Cevennes, had delegated the following to be its representatives at the synod of Dort:

Pierre Dumoulin - minister of Paris
Andre Rivet - minister of Thouars
Jean Chauve - minister of Sommieres
Daniel Chamier.

On October 2, 1618, notice was received that the king refused to grant permission to these men to leave the country. Later efforts to persaude him failed. Hence the seats allotted to the French delegation were not filled.

The following credentials were presented at the thirty fourth session of synod, held on Monday morning, December 17, 1618.

Delegated by Duke John of Nassau for the churches of Nassau-Wetteravia
Johannes Bisterveldius - court preacher; superintendent at Siegen
Johannes Alstedius - professor of theology at Herborn (Bisterveldius passed away at Dordrecht on March 11, 1619, and his seat was taken by Georgius Fabricius - minister of Windeck.)

Margrave Georg Wilhelm had also delegated two men to represent the Reformed churches of Brandenburg, who were prevented from attending because of intense Lutheran opposition. The two appointed were:

Johannes Bergius - professor at Frankfurt-on-the-Oder
Christoph Storch (also called: Pelargus)

[Edited on 10-10-2006 by VirginiaHuguenot]

 

[BertMulder]

For those of you who can handle Dutch, here is the complete Acts of the Synod of Dordt, 1618-1619:

http://www.kerkrecht.nl/main.asp?pagetype=onderdeel&item=81

 

[VirginiaHuguenot]

There is also a list of the Dort delegates found here.

 

[VaughanRSmith]

For Christmas I got this. It has all their names listed down the sides and where they sat.

 

[VirginiaHuguenot]

For Christmas I got this. It has all their names listed down the sides and where they sat.

Very nice! I had seen the poster before from this thread but forgot about the list.

 

[VirginiaHuguenot]

There is another list here.

 

[BlackCalvinist]

What's the final count ? 74-75ish ?