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Erasmus Seen By a Dutch Collegiant

Erasmus Seen By a Dutch Collegiant ERASMUS SEEN BY A DUTCH COLLEGIANT: DANIEL DE BREEN (1594-1664) AND HIS POSTHUMOUS COMPENDIUM THEOLOGIAE ERASMICAE (1677) J. TRAPMAN Leiden Career When the Remonstrants were summoned to the Synod of Dort in 1618 they were accompanied by three like-minded students who were supposed to act in a secretarial capacity. These were Daniel de Breen, Jacob Westerbaen and Gerrit Reus. None of the three entered the ministry. Reus and Westerbaen went on to study medicine, and Westerbaen later distinguished himself as a poet. His achievements include an excellent verse translation of Erasmus's Praise of Folly.2 2 Daniel de Breen became a tutor and proof-reader, and joined the Collegiants, although we do not know when.3 There are many aspects of his career and his works which have yet to be elucidated. In this article I intend to concentrate on De Breen's views on public office. The Historie der Reformatie by the Remonstrant Gerard Brandt contains various pieces of information referring to the 1620's which Brandt had taken from "notes by Daniel de Breen".4 Where Brandt obtained these papers is unknown. They may have been placed at his disposal by the 1J. Tideman, De remonstrantsche Broederschap. Biographische naamlijst (Amsterdam, 21905) p.3, http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Nederlands Archief voor Kerkgeschiedenis (in 2006 continued as Church History and Religious Culture) Brill

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© 1993 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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0028-2030
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10.1163/002820393X00193
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ERASMUS SEEN BY A DUTCH COLLEGIANT: DANIEL DE BREEN (1594-1664) AND HIS POSTHUMOUS COMPENDIUM THEOLOGIAE ERASMICAE (1677) J. TRAPMAN Leiden Career When the Remonstrants were summoned to the Synod of Dort in 1618 they were accompanied by three like-minded students who were supposed to act in a secretarial capacity. These were Daniel de Breen, Jacob Westerbaen and Gerrit Reus. None of the three entered the ministry. Reus and Westerbaen went on to study medicine, and Westerbaen later distinguished himself as a poet. His achievements include an excellent verse translation of Erasmus's Praise of Folly.2 2 Daniel de Breen became a tutor and proof-reader, and joined the Collegiants, although we do not know when.3 There are many aspects of his career and his works which have yet to be elucidated. In this article I intend to concentrate on De Breen's views on public office. The Historie der Reformatie by the Remonstrant Gerard Brandt contains various pieces of information referring to the 1620's which Brandt had taken from "notes by Daniel de Breen".4 Where Brandt obtained these papers is unknown. They may have been placed at his disposal by the 1J. Tideman, De remonstrantsche Broederschap. Biographische naamlijst (Amsterdam, 21905) p.3,

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Published: Jan 1, 1993

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