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Albertus Agathus Deenik M. Lzn., a Dutch Mennonite pastor, was born in 1835 at Haarlem and died in 1903 at [[Veenwouden (Friesland, Netherlands)|Veenwouden]], [[Friesland (Netherlands)|Friesland]]. After finishing his studies at the [[Amsterdam Mennonite Theological Seminary (Kweekschool)|Mennonite Seminary at Amsterdam]], he served for nearly 40 years in the congregations of [[Ternaard (Friesland, Netherlands)|Ternaard ]](1860-1881) and Stavoren-[[Molkwerum (Friesland, Netherlands)|Molkwerum ]](1881-1899). He had a weak constitution, which made it impossible for him to serve larger congregations; but though a minister of two small churches, he had some influence through his publications, which appeared in a number of Dutch periodicals. He was editor of a popular religious periodical, 1868-1872, <em>De Nieuwe Richting in het Leven, bladen ter godsdienstige Volksontwikkeling. </em>From the beginning he was an ardent champion of Liberalism, with a tendency to radicalism. He translated publications of radical French and German theologians into the Dutch language: including E. Renan's <em>Life of Jesus </em>and D. F. Strauss’s <em>The Old and the New Faith</em>. In addition to several theological books, he also translated numerous German and English novels.
= Bibliography =
<em>De Zondagsbode </em>XVI, No. 50 (1903).  

Visscher, H. and L. A. van Langeraad. <em>Biographisch Woordenboek von Protestantsche Godgeleerden in Nederland, </em>The Hague: P. de Bie and J. Loosjes, 1903-    : II, 404 f.
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