Revisiting the Synod of Dordt (1618-1619)

Aza Goudriaan, Ph.D. (1999) in Theology, University of Leiden, is Assistant Professor of Patristics and Early Modern Theology at VU University Amsterdam. His most recent book is Reformed Orthodoxy and Philosophy, 1625-1750 (Brill, 2006).Fred van Lieburg, Ph.D. (1996) in History, VU University Amsterdam, is Professor in History of Dutch Protestantism at the VU University Amsterdam. He has published extensively on Reformed traditions of culture, church, and piety.

• IntroductionAza Goudriaan & Fred van LieburgGisbertus Samuels, a Reformed Minister Sentenced by the Synod of Zeeland in 1591 for His Opinions on PredestinationFred van LieburgDefense or Deviation? A Re-examination of Arminius’ Motives to Deviate from the ‘Mainstream’ Reformed TheologyWilliam den BoerAristotelianism, Humanism and the Case against ArminianismHenri A. KropThe Synod of Dordrecht on Arminian AnthropologyAza GoudriaanThe Petitions of ‘a Supposed Prophetesse.’ The Lübeck Letters of Anna Walker and Their Significance for the Synod of Dordt. A Linguistic and Contextual AnalysisJürgen Beyer and Leigh T.I. PenmanA Distorting Mirror: the Hales and Balcanquahall Letters and the Synod of DordtAnthony MiltonJames Ussher’s Influence on the Synod of DordtJonathan D. Moore“The Canons of the Synod Had Shot Off the Advocate’s Head”: A Reappraisal of the Genevan Delegation at the Synod of DordtNicolas FornerodOn the Maccovius AffairWillem J. van AsseltPopular and Catholic:The Modus Docendi of the Canons of DordtW. Robert Godfrey“O, ye Women, Think of Thy Innocent Children, When They Die Young!”The Canons of Dordt (First Head, Article Seventeen) between Polemic and Pastoral TheologyErik A. de BoerThe Drafting of the Canons of Dordt: A Preliminary Survey of Early Drafts and Related DocumentsDonald SinnemaThe Canons of Dordt: From Judgment on Arminianism to Confessional StandardDonald SinnemaImagining the Synod of Dordt and the Arminian ControversyJoke SpaansAmbivalent Assessments of the Synod of Dordt by Dutch Contra-RemonstrantsWillem J. op ’t HofMaking Sense of SchismJoris van EijnattenContributors

"De auteurs bouwen niet zomaar voort op de gedane geschiedschrijving, zij keren er ook weer achter terug. Tal van details zijn hierbij het object van onderzoek, sommige zaken die zelfs nooit eerder onderzocht waren. Het resultaat is voor mij duidelijk: deze bundel geeft een grote verdieping en verbreding voor het begrijpen van de synode en haar canones... Revisiting the Synod of Dordt vormt een prachtige voorbereiding op de herdenkingen die nog gaan volgen van de Dordtse synode." – Peter Wijnberger, in: Vox Voetianorum 35.3 (2011), pp. 60-63"[This book] serves as an appetizer for the revisiting of the Dordt Synod in 2017-2018, when the fourth centenary of the Synod will be commemorated. [...] From many different perspectives the traditional black and white portrayals of the Synod are skilfully deconstructed." – Gijsbert van den Brink, in: Journal of Reformed Theology 8.2 (2014), pp. 208-209