''Nadere Reformatie'' (Dutch Second Reformation or Further Reformation) is the period of church history in the

Netherlands , Terminology of the Low Countries, informally Holland, is a country in Northwestern Europe, with Caribbean Netherlands, overseas territories in the Caribbean. It is the largest of the four constituent countries of the Kingdom of the Nether ...

, following the

Reformation The Reformation, also known as the Protestant Reformation or the European Reformation, was a time of major Theology, theological movement in Western Christianity in 16th-century Europe that posed a religious and political challenge to the p ...

, from roughly 1600 until 1750.

History

The period and its representatives are known for their desire to apply the principles of the Reformation to their day – their homes, churches, and, indeed, all sectors of Dutch society in the seventeenth and early eighteenth century. In their balance and value of both orthodoxy as well as piety, the ''Nadere Reformatie'' resembles English

Puritan The Puritans were English Protestants in the 16th and 17th centuries who sought to rid the Church of England of what they considered to be Roman Catholic practices, maintaining that the Church of England had not been fully reformed and should b ...

ism and German

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. In fact, Puritanism had much influence on the ''Nadere Reformatie''. Many Puritan works were translated into Dutch during this time. Moreover, many Dutch visiting students learned about Puritan ideas from English universities. The two leading figures of the period are a professor,

Gisbertus Voetius Gisbertus Voetius ( Latinized version of the Dutch name Gijsbert Voet ; 3 March 1589 – 1 November 1676) was a Dutch Calvinist theologian, pastor, and professor. Life He was born at Heusden, in the Dutch Republic, studied at Leiden, and in 16 ...

, and a pastor,

Wilhelmus à Brakel Wilhelmus à Brakel (; 2 January 163530 October 1711), also known as "Father Brakel", was a Reformed minister and theologian in the Netherlands. He was a contemporary of Gisbertus Voetius and Hermann Witsius and a major representative of the ...

. Brakel's main work, the '' Redelijke Godsdienst'', an explanation, defense, and application of the Reformed faith, has been translated into English.

Notable figures

Jean Taffin Jean Taffin (1529–1602), was a Dutch Walloon minister and theologian. Biography He was born in Tournai in 1528 to a noble family and travelled to Italy where he studied in Padua before returning north. From 1554 to 1557 he was librarian to Anto ...

(1529–1602) * Willem Teellinck (1579–1629) *Godefridus Udemans (c.1581-1649) *

(1589–1676) * Johannes Hoornbeeck (1617–1666) *

Andreas Essenius Andreas Essenius (February 1618–18 May 1677) was a Dutch Reformed theologian, controversialist and academic. He became professor of theology at the University of Utrecht. Life He was born Andreas van Essen in Zaltbommel where he studied Latin a ...

(1618–1677) *Jodocus van Lodenstein (1620–1677) * Petrus van Mastricht (1630–1706) * Simon Oomius (1630–1706) *Jacobus Koelman (1632–1695) *

(1635–1711) * Hermanus Witsius (1636–1708) *Wilhelmus Schortinghuis (1700–1750)

References

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Sources and History of the Nadere Reformatie
17th century in the Dutch Republic 17th-century Reformed Christianity 18th-century Reformed Christianity Reformed Christianity in the Dutch Republic