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Cornelis (de) Kuyper (Cuyper, Kuiper) was a Dutch Mennonite elder of the [[Flemish Mennonites|Flemish]] congregation at Haarlem. He was a partisan of the well-known Dutch elder [[Outerman, Jacques (ca. 1547-ca. 1639)|Jacques Outerman]] of Haarlem. He defended the doctrine of the Incarnation (Christ did not receive His flesh from Mary) as taught by [[Menno Simons (1496-1561)|Menno Simons]]. He was attacked by Pieter Matthysz and two Reformed ministers of [[Middelburg (Zeeland, Netherlands)|Middelburg]], Johannes Seu and [[Faukelius, Hermann (ca. 1560-1625)|Herman Faukelius]], on a charge of [[Socinianism|Socinian]] views. In September 1609 de Kuyper, [[Knuyt, Francois de (17th century)|Francois de Knuyt]], a Mennonite preacher from [[Zierikzee (Zeeland, Netherlands)|Zierikzee]], and Jan van Voorden, elder at [[Utrecht (Utrecht, Netherlands)|Utrecht]], had a disputation at Zierikzee with Reformed ministers. De Kuyper published <em>Eenvuldighe verantwoordinge met corte Verklaringhe onses Geloofs van den Eenighen God. . . als oock van de Heylige Menschwerdinge onses Salichmakers . . .</em> (n.p., n.d., ca. 1604). De Kuyper died before 1617.
= Bibliography =
<em>Doopsgezinde Bijdragen</em> (1908): 23-26.

Kühler, W. J. <em>Het Socinianisme in Nederland</em>. Leiden: A.W. Sijthoff’s, 1912.: 92, 101.

Visscher, H. and L. A. van Langeraad. <em>Biographisch Woordenboek von Protestantsche Godgeleerden in Nederland</em>. Utrecht, 1903-: V, 408-410.
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