Jacobus Taurinus (Jacob van Toor) (1576 – 22 September 1618) was a Dutch preacher and theologian, a main supporter of the

Remonstrants The Remonstrants (or the Remonstrant Brotherhood) is a Protestant movement that split from the Dutch Reformed Church in the early 17th century. The early Remonstrants supported Jacobus Arminius, and after his death, continued to maintain his or ...

and polemical writer in their cause.

Life

He was born in

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, where his father Petrus Taurinus was a preacher of the

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. He studied theology at the

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from 14 November 1590, under Franciscus Junius the Elder, Lucas Trelcatius, Petrus Bertius and

Franciscus Gomarus Franciscus Gomarus (François Gomaer; 30 January 1563 – 11 January 1641) was a Dutch theologian, a strict Calvinist and an opponent of the teaching of Jacobus Arminius (and his followers), whose theological disputes were addressed at the Synod ...

; and associated with Willem van Zyll, Karl Ryckewaert, Everardus Booth, Johann Narsius, Eduardus Poppius, and Simon Goulart the Younger. :de:s:ADB:Taurinus, Jacobus In 1600 Taurinus took the post of lecturer in the ‘t Woud parish of

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. In the following year he had a call to

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, and in 1605 to

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. There he collaborated with Gilles van Ledenberg. In 1617 a polemical pamphlet involved Taurinus in serious political trouble, it having offended

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. The political changes of 1618, in which

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took control, made him leave the Netherlands, and he died that year at

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with Johannes Wtenbogaert.

Works

Sir Dudley Carleton, English ambassador in

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, made a speech against the Remonstrants to the

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(6 October 1617).Anthony Milton, ''The British Delegation and the Synod of Dort (1618-1619)'' (2005), p. 22 note 64
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Taurinus subjected this oration to criticism in the anonymous ''Weegh-schael'' (The Balance), after consulting Johan van Oldenbarneveldt. Carleton was taken to task for acting inconsistently with the wishes of his royal master. Carleton in November asked the States General on 22 November for the author to be punished; and was informed in December by Matthew Slade that the pamphlet had been written by Taurinus. Carleton pursued the matter vigorously, brought up several stringent demands, and made the French translation a target also. The French version was by Carolus Niellius, and included a satirical introduction. Other works included ''Van de onderlinge Verdraagsammheydt: tegen Jacobi Triglandi Recht-Gematigden Christen'' (1615) against Jacobus Triglandius.Mark A. Ellis, ''Simon Episcopius' Doctrine of Original Sin'' (2006), p. 61 note 161
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