On Wednesday 14 November 2018, American professor Donald Sinnema (Michigan) will give a lecture in the Grote Kerk entitled ‘A virtual tour of the Synod of Dordt’. Sinnema will give a lively performance about the history of the Synod in a unique and characteristic way....
In the winter of 1618-1619, Dordrecht hosted an event known as the Synod. The question up for debate during this Calvinist ecclesiastical assembly was the extent to which individual interpretation of the articles of faith should be permitted. This issue had political...
400 years Dordt and the States Bible The Synod of Dordrecht ordered the first official Dutch translation of the Bible: the Statenbijbel (States Bible). Bibles in Dutch already existed but were criticised for their reliability. A new translation from the original...
In 1618/1619, Dordrecht, or Dordt as it was referred to in English at the time, was the centre of Europe for six months during the Synod of Dordt, a unique church assembly. An important decision taken in the Synod was to officially order a translation of the Bible...
Contents, Contexts, and Effects, 17th – 21th Centuries The Synod of Dordrecht was held in 1618 and 1619 on the authority of the States-General of the Dutch Republic to resolve a conflict within the Reformed Church in the Netherlands about the doctrine of...
