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Johannes Acronius, Reformed divine, son of Dominicus Acronius, born 1565 at Grimersum in [[East Friesland (Niedersachsen, Germany)|East Friesland]], died at [[Haarlem (Noord-Holland, Netherlands)|Haarlem]] in 1627. He studied in [[Neustadt an der Weinstrasse (Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany)|Neustadt a.d.H.]], [[Germany]] (at the Casimirianum), under Ursinus and Franz Junius, in 1584 became a preacher in Eilsum (Dutch province of [[Friesland (Netherlands)|Friesland]]), in 1601 in [[Groningen (Groningen, Netherlands)|Groningen]], and in 1611 in [[Wesel (Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany)|Wesel]]. In 1614 when Wesel was destroyed, he fled to [[Deventer (Overijssel, Netherlands)|Deventer]]. In April 1617 he was made professor at the university in [[Franeker (Friesland, Netherlands)|Franeker]], in 1618 became preacher in [[Kampen (Overijssel, Netherlands)|Kampen]] and delegate to the national synod in [[Dordrecht (Zuid-Holland, Netherlands)|Dordrecht]] (1618-1619). From 1619 until his death (29 September 1627) he was stationed in Haarlem. While at Groningen he was very influential in the provincial synod and was appointed plenipotentiary in [[Drenthe (Netherlands)|Drenthe]] by William Louis of [[Nassau (Germany)|Nassau]]. He thrice refused a call to [[Amsterdam (Noord-Holland, Netherlands)|Amsterdam ]]as preacher. In 1602 he was involved in an argument with the Mennonites led by J. C. Rolwagen. Against him he wrote <em>Apologia ofte Verandtwordinge des Edicts . . . tegen der Wederdooperen . . . </em>(Groningen, 1602).
= Bibliography =
Visscher, H. and L. A. van Langeraad. ''Het protestantsche vaderland: biographisch woordenboek van protestantsche godgeleerden in Nederland, ''8 vols. Utrecht, 1903-1918: v. I, 19-29;

Hege, Christian and Christian Neff. <em>Mennonitisches Lexikon, </em>4 vols. Frankfurt &amp; Weierhof: Hege; Karlsruhe: Schneider, 1913-1967: v. I, 12.
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