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Caspar Heidanus (Jasper van der Heyden) was a native of [[Mechelin (Antwerpen, Belgium)|Mechelen]], [[Belgium|Belgium]] who had been rejected by his family for turning Protestant. He prepared for the office of preaching by [[Lasco, John á (1499-1560)|Johann á Lasco]], came to Frankenthal, [[Palatinate (Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany)|Palatinate]], in 1564, where he settled as successor to [[Dathenus, Petrus (ca. 1531-1588)|Petrus Dathenus]] until 1574. After a brief sojourn in [[Antwerp (Belgium)|Antwerp]], he took part in the [[Frankenthal Disputation (1571)|Frankenthal disputation]] (1571), served as preacher in [[Middelburg (Zeeland, Netherlands)|Middelburg]] and Antwerp, as inspector in [[Bacharach (Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany)|Bacharach]], and died there 7 May 1586. He was a sharp defender of Calvinistic doctrine against Catholics, Lutherans, and Mennonites. Against the Mennonites he wrote <em>Cort ende claer bewys van den heyligen doop</em> (Antwerp, 1582).


= Bibliography =
<em>Doopsgezinde Bijdragen</em> (1908): 19, 33, 35, 42.

Hege, Christian and Christian Neff. <em>Mennonitisches Lexikon</em>, 4 vols. Frankfurt &amp; Weierhof: Hege; Karlsruhe; Schneider, 1913-1967: v. II, 274.

Visscher, H. and L. A. van Langeraad. <em>Het protestantsche vaderland: biographisch woordenboek van protestantsche godgeleerden in Nederland, </em>8 vols.<em> </em>Utrecht, 1903-1918: III: 807-816.


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