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Petrus Hofstede was a Dutch Reformed minister at [[Anjum (Friesland, Netherlands)|Anjum]] 1739, Steenwijk 1743, Oost-Zaandam 1745, and Rotterdam 1749-1770. He was an intolerant and fanatical man, one of the last Calvinists in the [[Netherlands|Netherlands]] to attack the Mennonites in his writings, particularly [[Stinstra, Johannes (1708-1790)|Johannes Stinstra]],<em> </em>preacher of Harlingen, [[Friesland (Netherlands)|Friesland]], in his poem (1742), <em>De Waarheid in Friesland tegen de aanslagen der ketterij verdedgt. </em>In 1781 in a booklet against F. G. C. Rütz, the Lutheran minister of The Hague, he again attacked Stinstra.


= Bibliography =
Molhuysen, P. C. and P. J. Blok. <em>Nieuw Nederlandsch Biografisch Woordenboek.</em> Leiden, 1911-1937:<em> </em>IV, 762-65.

Sepp, Christiaan. <em>Johannes Stinstra en zijn tijd: eene bijdrage tot de geschiedenis der kerk en school in de 18de eeuw.</em> Amsterdam: J.C. Sepp &amp; Zoon, 1865‑1866: 86-89.

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:<em> </em>IV, 138-152.


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