Beets, Pieter (1664-1710)
Pieter Beets, b. 1664 at Hoorn, Dutch province of North Holland, preacher of the Mennonite congregation there from 24 October 1690 to 1707 when he retired. He died 1 October 1710. In collaboration with E. A. van Dooregeest and Herman Schijn he wrote a brief course of instruction for the oncoming youth, Kort Onderwijs des Christelijken Geloofs (first ed. Amsterdam, 1698; it went through eight editions). He wrote also: Het bereidwillig sterven gesien in de zalige verhuisinge van wijlen Michiel Fortgens, a funeral oration (Hoorn, 1695).
Bibliography
Catalogus der werken over de Doopsgezinden en hunne geschiedenis aanwezig in de bibliotheek der Vereenigde Doopsgezinde Gemeente to Amsterdam. Amsterdam: J. H. de Bussy, 1919: 250, 259.
Sepp, C. (Christiaan). Johannes Stinstra en zijn tijd: eene bijdrage tot de geschiedenis der kerk en school in de 18de eeuw, 2 vols. Amsterdam: J. C. Sepp & Zoon, 1865-1866: v. II 95.
| Author(s) | Nanne van der Zijpp |
|---|---|
| Date Published | 1953 |
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van der Zijpp, Nanne. "Beets, Pieter (1664-1710)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1953. Web. 22 Nov 2024. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Beets,_Pieter_(1664-1710)&oldid=75313.
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van der Zijpp, Nanne. (1953). Beets, Pieter (1664-1710). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 22 November 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Beets,_Pieter_(1664-1710)&oldid=75313.
Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 1, p. 263. All rights reserved.
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