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The first Amsterdam boroughs were created in 1981, with other boroughs created in later years. The last area to be granted the status of borough was Amsterdam-Centrum (2002). The existing system of seven boroughs, covering most parts of Amsterdam , is the result of a major borough reform in 2010.
In Amsterdam, as in various other cities, the city government was purged of Oldenbarnevelt supporters; Jacob Dircksz de Graeff and Cornelis Hooft fell victim to this action. In 1618–1619 the Synod of Dordrecht , after expelling the thirteen Arminian pastors headed by Simon Episcopius , established the victory of the Calvinist school. [ 1 ]
Calvary Triptych, 1464. Justus van Gent or Joos van Wassenhove [1] (c. 1410 – c. 1480) was an Early Netherlandish painter, perhaps from Ghent, who after training and working in Flanders later moved to Italy where he worked for Federico da Montefeltro, duke of Urbino, and was known as Giusto da Guanto, or in modern Italian Giusto di Gand etc.
At that time, Amsterdam was the third largest city in Europe and the financial center of the world (including with the Bank of Amsterdam and the family's private bank Deutz of Deutz van Assendelft). The Tulip mania from 1630 to 1637 was the first large speculative bubble, a house in Amsterdam was sold for only three tulip bulbs .
The term also denotes an early church doctrine, praeparatio evangelica, meaning a preparation for the gospel among cultures yet to hear of the message of Christ. "[Early Christians] argued that God had already sowed the older cultures with ideas and themes that would grow to fruition once they were interpreted in a fully Christian context."
In 2007, the GVB became a private corporation under the name GVB Activa B.V., wholly owned by the City of Amsterdam; previously, the GVB was part of the City Of Amsterdam. [4] Between 2006 and 2016, Stadsregio Amsterdam was the authority responsible for all public transport in the greater Amsterdam area; it granted a concession (contract) to ...
The New Jerome Biblical Commentary Prentice Hall 1990 ISBN 0-13-614934-0; Kilgallen, John J. A Brief Commentary on the Gospel of Mark Paulist Press 1989 ISBN 0-8091-3059-9; Kirkpatrick, A. F. (1901). The Book of Psalms: with Introduction and Notes. The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges. Vol. Book IV and V: Psalms XC-CL.
The Sayings Gospel Q in Greek and English with Parallels from the Gospels of Mark and Thomas, Contributions to Biblical Exegesis & Theology vol. 30 with James M. Robinson and Paul Hoffmann Documenta Q edited by James M. Robinson , John S. Kloppenborg, and Paul Hoffmann , with contributions from the International Q Project