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One of the most popular official Dutch Protestant catechisms

BORSTIUS, Jacob.
Catechismus, Voorgestelt in korte Vragen en Antwoorden.  Met Schriftuur-plaetsen; Bequaem om gebruykt te worden  in alle Catechizatien. Vermeerdert met Afdeelingen van elcke Sondagh.

With woodcut of a basket with fruits and flowers on title.



Amsterdam, Wed. Gysbert de Groot, 1706. Small 8vo. Contemporary overlapping vellum wrappers. With woodcut of a basket with fruits and flowers on title. 52 pp.

One of the most popular official Dutch Protestant catechisms, by Jacob Borstius (1612-1680). First published in 1651 under the titel "Kort Begryp der christelyke Leere", it was republished and adapted till into the 20th century. Borstius studied theology at Leyden, and was minister of the Church at Wormerveer-Zaandijk, Dordrecht, and lastly at Rotterdam. He was strictly ortodox, and a celebrated  preacher. One of his famous sermons was against "t lang-hayr" (against long hair), and he was one of the preachers who set up their congregation against the Dutch statesman Johan De Witt in 1672. De Witt was involved in a religious and political struggle with Prince Maurits of Orange, and eventually was lynched by an outraged mob. Borstius' catechism, we must remember, was, like all here listed official Dutch Protestant catechisms, based on the Heidelberg Catechism from 1563, and meant for use at schools as well as at the Sunday schools, preparing youth for their official confirmation in the Dutch Reformed Church.

Good copy.
This ed. not in Van der Haar, Schatkamer.

Related Subjects: 18th Century  Catechism  Dutch  Protestantism 

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