Johannes d'Outrein

Johannes d'Outrein
A 1693 work of d'Outrein in Saint George's Cathedral, Perth

Johannes d'Outrein (Jan d'Outrein) (October 17, 1662 in Middelburg - February 24, 1722 in Amsterdam) was a Dutch preacher, writer and author of evangelical theological works. He studied in Franeker, where he earned his doctorate in 1682.[1] He was a preacher in Oost-Zanen in 1685, Franeker in 1687, Arnhem in 1691, Dordrecht in 1703 and Amsterdam in 1708, where he died in 1722. He was a prominent exponent of the Cocceian movement,[2][3] and Friedrich Adolph Lampe was one of his disciples.[4] Outrein believed that God was "the alliance God of the Netherlands, of his chosen people, who are gathered there and live there".[5]

Works

Johannes d'Outrein authored over 50 works.[3] Some of his most notable works are as follows:

References

  1. "Outrein, Johannes d'" (in Dutch). Biografisch lexicon voor de geschiedenis van het Nederlands protestantisme. Retrieved 19 February 2014.
  2. Gerstner, Jonathan Neil (1 January 1991). The Thousand Generation Covenant: Dutch Reformed Covenant Theology and the Rise of a Sense of Group Identity Among the Colonists of South Africa, 1652-1814. BRILL. p. 146. ISBN 90-04-09361-3.
  3. 1 2 "Johannes d'Outrein (1662-1722) en zijn emblematische Schriftuitleg". University of Utrecht library. Retrieved 19 February 2014.
  4. Dale Hoak (1996). The World of William and Mary: Anglo-Dutch Perspectives on the Revolution of 1688-89. Stanford University Press. p. 158. ISBN 978-0-8047-2406-7.
  5. Ihalainen, Pasi (2005). Protestant Nations Redefined: Changing Perceptions of National Identity in the Rehetoric of the English, Dutch, and Swedish Public Churches, 1685-1772. BRILL. p. 132. ISBN 90-04-14485-4.
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