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Isaac van Vreede  (Vreeden, Vrede, Vreden), d. 1682, was chosen in March 1662 as a preacher of the [[Flemish Mennonites|Flemish Mennonite]] congregation (bij't Lam) at [[Amsterdam (Noord-Holland, Netherlands)|Amsterdam]], Holland. After the schism in this church (see [[Lammerenkrijgh|Lammerenkrijgh]]), van Vreede sided against [[Galenus Abrahamsz de Haan (1622-1706)|Galenus Abrahamsz]] with the conservative leaders like [[Apostool, Samuel (1638-1699)|Samuel Apostool]] and in June 1664 became a preacher in the [[Zonists|Zonist]] church at Amsterdam. But here he did not feel at home. In 1670 he left the congregation with his co-preacher [[Eyssen, Pieter (d. 1681)|Pieter van Eyssen]] and founded the "[[Kleine Zon (Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands)|Kleine Zon]]" congregation. In 1675 van Vreede left this group, founding the small congregation of "[[Sterretje, het (Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands)|Het Sterretje]]." Being dismissed because of his quarrelsome intolerance he moved to [[Gouda (Zuid-Holland, Netherlands)|Gouda]], where he was called as preacher (1677) of the ([[Lamists|Lamist]]) Mennonite congregation. It is one of the curiosities of history that this man, who had been a champion of the utmost strictness and had sharply attacked Galenus Abrahamsz and his ideas in <em>Vrede-Presentatie aan Galenus Abrahamsz en zijne Mede-stemmers </em>(Amsterdam, 1664), in 1679 invited his former opponent to perform baptism and administer the [[Communion|Lord's Supper]] at Gouda.
= Bibliography =
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