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| − | Gerardus Aemilius<strong>, </strong>a Reformed pastor and also a physician at [[Oud-Beijerland (Zuid-Holland, Netherlands)|Oud-Beijerland]] in the Dutch province of South Holland, had a dispute at this town on Sunday, 18 April 1663, with [[Braght, Tieleman Jansz van (1625-1664)|Tieleman Jansz van Braght]] | + | Gerardus Aemilius<strong>, </strong>a Reformed pastor and also a physician at [[Oud-Beijerland (Zuid-Holland, Netherlands)|Oud-Beijerland]] in the Dutch province of South Holland, had a dispute at this town on Sunday, 18 April 1663, with [[Braght, Tieleman Jansz van (1625-1664)|Tieleman Jansz van Braght]], the Mennonite elder of [[Dordrecht (Zuid-Holland, Netherlands)|Dordrecht]] and the author of the <em>[[Martyrs' Mirror|Martyrs Mir]]</em>[[Martyrs' Mirror|<em>ror</em>]]. The debate, which pertained to the question whether or not [[Infant Baptism|infant baptism]] is scriptural, lasted from six o'clock in the evening until two at night, attended by a large concourse of the people. At this hour, Aemilius broke off the dispute, and was not willing to continue it publicly on the following day. It had been the stipulation of van Braght that it be held "with open doors in the church of the Reformed or the Mennonites." On 20 June of that year Aemilius visited van Braght in Dordrecht and kindly requested that they "no longer dispute quarrelsomely with each other, but debate in friendly discussion." A copy of the document of the dispute held in Oud-Beijerland is to be found in the [[Amsterdam Mennonite Library (Bibliotheek en Archief van de Vereenigde |
Doopsgezinde Gemeente te Amsterdam)|Mennonite archives at Amsterdam]]<em>.</em> | Doopsgezinde Gemeente te Amsterdam)|Mennonite archives at Amsterdam]]<em>.</em> | ||
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Gerardus Aemilius, a Reformed pastor and also a physician at Oud-Beijerland in the Dutch province of South Holland, had a dispute at this town on Sunday, 18 April 1663, with Tieleman Jansz van Braght, the Mennonite elder of Dordrecht and the author of the Martyrs Mirror. The debate, which pertained to the question whether or not infant baptism is scriptural, lasted from six o'clock in the evening until two at night, attended by a large concourse of the people. At this hour, Aemilius broke off the dispute, and was not willing to continue it publicly on the following day. It had been the stipulation of van Braght that it be held "with open doors in the church of the Reformed or the Mennonites." On 20 June of that year Aemilius visited van Braght in Dordrecht and kindly requested that they "no longer dispute quarrelsomely with each other, but debate in friendly discussion." A copy of the document of the dispute held in Oud-Beijerland is to be found in the [[Amsterdam Mennonite Library (Bibliotheek en Archief van de Vereenigde Doopsgezinde Gemeente te Amsterdam)|Mennonite archives at Amsterdam]].
Bibliography
Hoop Scheffer, Jacob Gijsbert de. Inventaris der Archiefstukken berustende bij de Vereenigde Doopsgezinde Gemeente to Amsterdam, 2 vols. Amsterdam: Uitgegeven en ten geschenke aangeboden door den Kerkeraad dier Gemeente, 1883-1884: I, no. 612.
Cate, Steven Blaupot ten. Geschiedenis der Doopsgezinden in Holland, Zeeland, Utrecht en Gelderland, 2 vols. Amsterdam: P.N. van Kampen, 1847: I, 197-199.
| Author(s) | Nanne van der Zijpp |
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| Date Published | 1955 |
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Zijpp, Nanne van der. "Aemilius, Gerardus (17th century)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1955. Web. 16 Apr 2024. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Aemilius,_Gerardus_(17th_century)&oldid=119104.
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Zijpp, Nanne van der. (1955). Aemilius, Gerardus (17th century). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 16 April 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Aemilius,_Gerardus_(17th_century)&oldid=119104.
Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 1, p. 20. All rights reserved.
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