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2 unusual facts about Jacobus Arminius


Jacob Hermann

Jacobus Arminius (1560–1609), Latinized name for Jacob Harmensz / Hermann

Samuel Bernard

His family was Protestant, but his father, according to the apocryphal memoirs of the Marquise de Créquy, "had embraced the sect of Arminius and had been forced into exile."


Laudianism

Promulgated by Archbishop William Laud and his supporters, Laudianism sought to establish as mainstream doctrines that were similar to the teachings of the Dutch theologian Jakob Harmenszoon, known by his Latinized name Jacobus Arminius, and English proto-Arminians such as Lancelot Andrewes.


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