Simon Episcopius

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Simon Episcopius was a leading Dutch Remonstrant theologian and successor to Jacobus Arminius, known for systematizing and defending Arminian theology against strict Calvinism in the early 17th century.

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Simon Episcopius canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Dutch person ⓘ
Remonstrant ⓘ
human ⓘ
theologian ⓘ
afterEvent return to the Netherlands following the fall of Maurice of Nassau’s regime ⓘ
birthDate 1583-01-08 ⓘ
birthName Simon Bisschop ⓘ
birthPlace Amsterdam ⓘ
County of Holland ⓘ
Dutch Republic ⓘ
consequenceOfEvent banishment from the Dutch Republic after the Synod of Dort ⓘ
deathDate 1643-04-04 ⓘ
deathPlace Amsterdam ⓘ
educatedAt University of Leiden ⓘ
exileLocation Antwerp ⓘ
France ⓘ
Rouen ⓘ
givenName Simon ⓘ
influenced Remonstrant Church doctrine ⓘ
later Arminian theologians ⓘ
influencedBy Jacobus Arminius ⓘ
knownFor defending Remonstrant theology ⓘ
leadership of the Remonstrants ⓘ
systematizing Arminian theology ⓘ
language Dutch ⓘ
Latin ⓘ
movement Remonstrant Brotherhood ⓘ
linked to: Remonstrants

Remonstrants ⓘ
nationality Dutch ⓘ
nativeName Simon Bisschop ⓘ
notableWork Confessio sive Declaratio Sententiae Pastorum qui in Foederato Belgio Remonstrantes Vocantur ⓘ
Institutiones theologicae ⓘ
occupation theologian ⓘ
university professor ⓘ
opposedTo strict Calvinism ⓘ
supralapsarian Calvinism ⓘ
participantIn Synod of Dort ⓘ
positionHeld professor of theology at the University of Leiden ⓘ
rector of the Remonstrant Seminary in Amsterdam ⓘ
religiousTradition Arminianism ⓘ
Protestantism ⓘ
returnedTo Amsterdam ⓘ
role Remonstrant spokesman at the Synod of Dort ⓘ
studentOf Jacobus Arminius ⓘ
theologicalPosition defense of human free will in salvation ⓘ
emphasis on conditional election ⓘ
rejection of unconditional reprobation ⓘ
theologicalTradition Arminian theology ⓘ

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Remonstrants → keyFigure → Simon Episcopius ⓘ
Simon Episcopius → LatinizedName → Simon Episcopius ⓘ
subject linked to: Simon Bisschop
Institutiones theologicae → author → Simon Episcopius ⓘ