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'']] Den Bommel (coordinates: <span title="Latitude">51° 43′ 0″ N</span>, <span title="Longitude">4° 17′ 0″ E) </span>and Ooltgensplaat, two villages on the island of Goeree-Overflakkee, in the Dutch province of [[South Holland (Netherlands) |South Holland]], where there was once a Mennonite congregation. On 25 August 1622 the Mennonites of [[Ooltgensplaat (Zuid-Holland, Netherlands)|Ooltgensplaat]] presented a petition to the council of Holland, asking that they might perform their marriages in their own meetinghouse, as they had formerly done. This petition was refused. In 1626 Willem Jansz Exsel (Exselt), as an elder of the Bommel congregation, signed the confession of [[Outerman, Jacques (ca. 1547-ca. 1639)|J. Outerman]], and in 1632 he and Gijsbert Spiering signed the [[Dordrecht Confession of Faith (Mennonite, 1632)|Dordrecht Confession]]. The Bommel congregation belonged to the [[Flemish Mennonites|Flemish]] branch. In 1664 the congregation joined the <em>Verbondt van Eenigheijdt</em>, a union of conservative churches in the [[Netherlands|Netherlands]]. It was signed by Nicolaes Gerritsz and Cornelis Jansz Munster of Bommel. The congregation then had only a few members. Cornelisz Jansz Munster in 1676 moved to Rotterdam, was accepted there without <em>[[Attestatie|attestatie]]</em> (certification), for there was no longer a congregation at Bommel, neither preacher nor laymen. | '']] Den Bommel (coordinates: <span title="Latitude">51° 43′ 0″ N</span>, <span title="Longitude">4° 17′ 0″ E) </span>and Ooltgensplaat, two villages on the island of Goeree-Overflakkee, in the Dutch province of [[South Holland (Netherlands) |South Holland]], where there was once a Mennonite congregation. On 25 August 1622 the Mennonites of [[Ooltgensplaat (Zuid-Holland, Netherlands)|Ooltgensplaat]] presented a petition to the council of Holland, asking that they might perform their marriages in their own meetinghouse, as they had formerly done. This petition was refused. In 1626 Willem Jansz Exsel (Exselt), as an elder of the Bommel congregation, signed the confession of [[Outerman, Jacques (ca. 1547-ca. 1639)|J. Outerman]], and in 1632 he and Gijsbert Spiering signed the [[Dordrecht Confession of Faith (Mennonite, 1632)|Dordrecht Confession]]. The Bommel congregation belonged to the [[Flemish Mennonites|Flemish]] branch. In 1664 the congregation joined the <em>Verbondt van Eenigheijdt</em>, a union of conservative churches in the [[Netherlands|Netherlands]]. It was signed by Nicolaes Gerritsz and Cornelis Jansz Munster of Bommel. The congregation then had only a few members. Cornelisz Jansz Munster in 1676 moved to Rotterdam, was accepted there without <em>[[Attestatie|attestatie]]</em> (certification), for there was no longer a congregation at Bommel, neither preacher nor laymen. | ||
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Cate, Steven Blaupot ten. <em>Geschiedenis der Doopsgezinden in Holland, Zeeland, Utrecht en Gelderland</em>, 2 vols. Amsterdam: P.N. van Kampen, 1847: v. I, 220, 330. | Cate, Steven Blaupot ten. <em>Geschiedenis der Doopsgezinden in Holland, Zeeland, Utrecht en Gelderland</em>, 2 vols. Amsterdam: P.N. van Kampen, 1847: v. I, 220, 330. | ||
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Hege, Christian and Christian Neff. <em>Mennonitisches Lexikon</em>, 4 vols. Frankfurt & Weierhof: Hege; Karlsruhe; Schneider, 1913-1967: v. I, 245. | Hege, Christian and Christian Neff. <em>Mennonitisches Lexikon</em>, 4 vols. Frankfurt & Weierhof: Hege; Karlsruhe; Schneider, 1913-1967: v. I, 245. | ||
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Revision as of 18:49, 20 August 2013
Den Bommel (coordinates: 51° 43′ 0″ N, 4° 17′ 0″ E) and Ooltgensplaat, two villages on the island of Goeree-Overflakkee, in the Dutch province of South Holland, where there was once a Mennonite congregation. On 25 August 1622 the Mennonites of Ooltgensplaat presented a petition to the council of Holland, asking that they might perform their marriages in their own meetinghouse, as they had formerly done. This petition was refused. In 1626 Willem Jansz Exsel (Exselt), as an elder of the Bommel congregation, signed the confession of J. Outerman, and in 1632 he and Gijsbert Spiering signed the Dordrecht Confession. The Bommel congregation belonged to the Flemish branch. In 1664 the congregation joined the Verbondt van Eenigheijdt, a union of conservative churches in the Netherlands. It was signed by Nicolaes Gerritsz and Cornelis Jansz Munster of Bommel. The congregation then had only a few members. Cornelisz Jansz Munster in 1676 moved to Rotterdam, was accepted there without attestatie (certification), for there was no longer a congregation at Bommel, neither preacher nor laymen.
Bibliography
Cate, Steven Blaupot ten. Geschiedenis der Doopsgezinden in Holland, Zeeland, Utrecht en Gelderland, 2 vols. Amsterdam: P.N. van Kampen, 1847: v. I, 220, 330.
Doopsgezinde Bijdragen (1899): 183; (1908), 114-115.
Hege, Christian and Christian Neff. Mennonitisches Lexikon, 4 vols. Frankfurt & Weierhof: Hege; Karlsruhe; Schneider, 1913-1967: v. I, 245.
Maps
Map:Den Bommel (Zuid-Holland, Netherlands) Map:Ooltgensplaat (Zuid-Holland, Netherlands)
| Author(s) | Nanne van der Zijpp |
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| Date Published | 1953 |
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van der Zijpp, Nanne. "Bommel and Ooltgensplaat (Zuid-Holland, Netherlands)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1953. Web. 24 Nov 2024. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Bommel_and_Ooltgensplaat_(Zuid-Holland,_Netherlands)&oldid=75846.
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van der Zijpp, Nanne. (1953). Bommel and Ooltgensplaat (Zuid-Holland, Netherlands). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 24 November 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Bommel_and_Ooltgensplaat_(Zuid-Holland,_Netherlands)&oldid=75846.
Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 1, p. 385. All rights reserved.
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