Johannes Rulicius (1602–1666) was a German Protestant minister. Rulitius Brouwer

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He was born in Kirchberg in the

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. Leaving

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, he spent time in

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, at

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with John Cotton, by 1628. He was subsequently a minister at Dorchester in England from some point before 1630; he is said to have arrived there in 1626 and become a curate to John White in 1627. Rulicius had left Germany to avoid the

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and was active as a Protestant fundraiser. He left Dorchester, in 1631, to attend

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. He continued to be involved in the collection of money for refugees. Rulitius Mayer

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in 1635, Rulicius was a pastor of the

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in 1636, acting as assistant to John Paget; and remaining to 1639, or leaving in 1637. He was briefly considered by the "conformist" faction for a post to succeed the non-conformist Samuel Balmford in the English church in the Hague, but rejected because his command of English and Dutch was seen to be lacking and it was not certain where Rulicius stood in conformist and non-conformist contention. Afterwards Rulicius moved to the German church in Amsterdam, and formed an association with

Johann Moriaen Johann Moriaen (born Nuremberg c.1591-1668) was a German alchemist and early chemist, known as an associate of Samuel Hartlib. He was active in recruiting for Hartlib's network of intellectuals, the Hartlib Circle, and communicating with them. He ...

of the

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. He was an associate of

Comenius John Amos Comenius (; ; ; ; Latinization (literature), Latinized: ''Ioannes Amos Comenius''; 28 March 1592 – 15 November 1670) was a Czech Philosophy, philosopher, Pedagogy, pedagogue and Theology, theologian who is considered the father of ...

in Amsterdam in 1656/7, and Comenius dedicated to him some works of that period. Rulicius, with

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and Moriaen, were among his friends there who had tried to persuade him to move there, from Sweden where he was at the time. This plan was launched first in 1641, when Comenius was on his way to England, on behalf of Louis de Geer; Rulicius with Moriaen had distributed many copies of works by Comenius, for Hartlib, but found the proposal was misunderstood. It was much later, and under forced circumstances, that Comenius did come, having lost almost everything when

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where he was living was attacked by Polish forces; Louis De Geer having died, his son

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became patron to Comenius. Among his other correspondents was

Johann Heinrich Bisterfeld Johann Heinrich Bisterfeld (1605 – 16 February 1655) was a German polymath, active as a philosopher, logician and encyclopedic writer from Siegen. A follower of Ramus and pupil of Johann Heinrich Alsted at the Herborn Academy (''Academia Nass ...

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His

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for Peter Streithagen (1591–1653) was included in an edition of Streithagen's ''Novus Homo''.

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in Heidelberg to the London Dutch Church, mentioning a mission of Rulice. {{DEFAULTSORT:Rulicius, Johannes 1602 births 1666 deaths German Protestants

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