- Johannes Acronius
Johannes Acronius (died 1627) was a German
Reformed theologian. He is less known by scientific works, than by his part in the quarrel between Arminians (Remonstrants) and Contra-Remonstrants.He was the son of the
Frisia npreacher Bernard Acronius , and was taught byZacharias Ursinus and Franciscus Junius in Neustadt an der Hardt, todayNeustadt an der Weinstrasse . In 1584 he became a preacher inEilsum , East Frisia, later in Groningen andWesel . He declined a call toDeventer . In 1617 he became professor fortheology at the university ofFraneker .In the following year he was called to work as preacher in
Kampen , mainly to counter some of his colleagues in this area who were deemed too favourable towards Arminius' teachings. Being the delegate of the church assembly ofDordrecht in 1618-1619, he indeed accused them of Arminianism, resulting in the unseating of several.In 1619 he went to work as a preacher in
Haarlem where he stayed until his death. The Calvinists of the time saw in him an educated man of oratory skills, with the fervour to stand for theirtruth . His opponents described him as an unsettled man with a tendency to polemise.Publications
* "Syntagma Theologiae", Groningen, 1605
* "Elenchus orthodoxus pseudo-relig. Romano-Cathol.", Deventer, 1615
* "Uytmonsteringe van verscheydene dolingen ... der genoemde Lutherschen", Arnheim, 1625ources
* "Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie" - [http://mdz2.bib-bvb.de/~adb/ online version]
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