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The Dutch Reformed Church (Dutch: Nederlandse Hervormde Kerk, pronounced [ˈneːdərlɑntsə ɦɛrˈvɔr(ə)mdə ˈkɛr(ə)k], abbreviated NHK [ˌɛnɦaːˈkaː]) was the largest Christian denomination in the Netherlands from the onset of the Protestant Reformation in the 16th century until 1930. [1]
The Statenvertaling (Dutch: [ˈstaːtə(ɱ)vərˌtaːlɪŋ], States Translation) or Statenbijbel (States Bible) was the first translation of the Bible from the original Hebrew, Aramaic and Greek languages into Dutch. It was ordered by the Synod of Dordrecht in 1618, financed by the government of the Protestant Dutch Republic and first published ...
Continental Reformed Protestantism is a part of the Reformed tradition within Protestantism that traces its origin to continental Europe.Prominent subgroups are the Dutch Reformed, the Swiss Reformed, the French Huguenots, the Hungarian Reformed, the Waldensian Church in Italy, and reformed churches in Germany, which have long been united and mixed with Lutheran ones.
Lutherans in the Dutch Republic employed the Biestkensbijbel since 1560, but there was a need for a proper Dutch translation of the Luther Bible (written in High German) to preserve their identity vis-à-vis the Statenvertaling that was deemed too Calvinist, and to provide immigrated Lutheran Germans with an appropriate Dutch translation. To ...
Consequently, in 2003, a group of dissatisfied churches broke away and formed the Reformed Churches in the Netherlands (Restored) (known by its Dutch acronym, De Gereformeerde Kerken in Nederland or DGK), in an event that became known as the "new liberation" (in reference to the event known as the "liberation" that gave rise to the Reformed ...
The Synod held at Dort. From 1618 to 1619, the Dutch government on behalf of the Dutch Reformed Church, called and convened the Synod of Dort.Dutch delegates, along with twenty-seven Calvinist representatives from eight other countries, met at this Synod of Dort, where they collectively summarized their views in what was called the "Canons of Dort".
An Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words is a cross-reference from key English words in the Authorized King James Version to the original words in the Greek texts of the New Testament. Written by William Edwy Vine (and often referred to as Vine's Expository Dictionary or simply Vine's), the dictionary was published as a four volume set ...
In 1965, the Council for Contact and Deliberation regarding the Bible (RCOB) [a] was established, which then requested the Dutch-Flemish Bible Society (NBG) [b] and the Catholic Bible Foundation (KBS) [c] to produce a common Bible translation. After several attempts and initiatives, the intention to create a new ecumenical Bible translation was ...