Visscher family name

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Visscher, a common Dutch family name, Mennonite as well as non-Mennonite. Jan Visscher (born 1801 at Blokzijl, died 14 August 1882, at Utrecht) was a Men­nonite minister, educated at the Amsterdam semi­nary and pastor of Hengelo 1824-28 and Utrecht from 1828-61. He wrote a paper against the modern (liberal) theology of J. H. Scholten, professor at Leiden, found in Jaarboeken voor Wetenschappelijke Theologie VIII, 1850, separately reprinted un­der the title Brief aan een' Doopsgezinden broeder over den Heiligen Doop (Utrecht, 1851); with his colleague D. S. Gorter he had a debate on the same question. He also published Een woord van Troost, a sermon (Haarlem, 1859), Tweetal Leerredenen (Haarlem, 1859), and a few other sermons. In the Doopsgezinde Bijdragen of 1876 he published a paper on the question whether persons who had been admitted into Mennonite congregations with­out baptism should be accepted by other Mennonite congregations. In an era of growing liberalism among the Dutch Mennonites Visscher was a cham­pion of the conservative suprarationalist views. His son Jan Visscher (b. 1829 at Utrecht, d. 27 April 1885, at Akkrum) was a Mennonite pastor at Akkrum 1855-d.1885. Both father and son Jan Visscher were trustees of the Algemeene Doopsgezinde Sociëteit. Alle Visscher was not related to them.

Bibliography

Berghuys, H. B. Geschiedenis der Doopsgezinde gemeente te Utrecht. 1926: 80 f., 84.


Author(s) Nanne van der Zijpp
Date Published 1959

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Zijpp, Nanne van der. "Visscher family name." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1959. Web. 22 Nov 2024. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Visscher_family_name&oldid=109610.

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Zijpp, Nanne van der. (1959). Visscher family name. Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 22 November 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Visscher_family_name&oldid=109610.



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