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Simon Episcopius
Simon Episcopius , 1583–1643, Dutch Protestant theologian, whose original name was Biscop, Bischop, or Bisschop. Episcopius accepted the teachings of Jacobus Arminius and was a leader of the Arminians, or Remonstrants , who opposed the Calvinist conception of predestination. Episcopius represented the Remonstrants at conclaves at The Hague (1611), at Delft (1613), and at the Synod of Dort (1618), where he presented a detailed defense of his position. However, the Calvinist views prevailed, Remonstrant church services were banned, and Episcopius and some other leaders were banished. In exile in the Spanish Netherlands he wrote an Arminian creed (1622). In 1625, upon the death of Prince Maurice of Nassau , the ban was removed, and Episcopius returned (1626) to the Netherlands. Episcopius, in the Institutiones theologicae (1650), established the doctrine of the Remonstrants upon a consistent theological basis. His avowed aim was to present Christianity in a practical aspect and to liberate theology from the excessively rigid limitations of theory and ecclesiasticism. |
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"Simon Episcopius." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Simon Episcopius." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Episcopi.html "Simon Episcopius." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Episcopi.html |
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Episcopius
Episcopius. The assumed name of Simon Bisschop (1583–1643), who systematized the typical tenets of Arminianism. One of the signatories of the Remonstrance (1610), he was chief spokesman of the Remonstrants summoned to the Synod of Dort, and he later drew up a confession of faith for the newly founded Remonstrant Brotherhood. He emphasized the practical nature of Christianity, protested against the current Calvinist teaching on predestination, stressed the responsibility of man, not God, for sin, and taught a reduced view of the divinity of Christ and a subordinationist doctrine of the Trinity.
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E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "Episcopius." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "Episcopius." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O95-Episcopius.html E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "Episcopius." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O95-Episcopius.html |
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