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Also Known As Simon Bisschop • Simon Biscop • Simon Bischop
Born January 8, 1583 • Amsterdam • Netherlands
Died April 4, 1643 (aged 60) • Amsterdam • Netherlands
Subjects Of Study Remonstrant • Arminianism
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Jacobus Arminius
Dutch theologian and minister
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Cornelis Petrus Tiele
Dutch theologian
Portrait of Desiderius Erasmus, shown in dark robes and cap, writing with a quill at a desk, after Quinten Massijs, oil on panel, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.
Erasmus
Dutch humanist
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St. Peter Canisius
Jesuit scholar
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Johannes Cocceius
Dutch theologian
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Willem Adolph Visser ’t Hooft
Dutch theologian
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Thomas à Kempis
clergyman
Franciscus Gomarus
Franciscus Gomarus
theologian and professor
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Henry Ainsworth
British theologian
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Florentius Radewyns
Dutch theologian
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Gisbertus Voetius
Dutch theologian
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Gerardus van der Leeuw
Dutch theologian
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Sergius of Resaina
Syrian theologian
Caravaggio: The Conversion of St. Paul (second version)
St. Paul the Apostle
Christian Apostle
Martin Luther
Martin Luther
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Justus of Ghent: Saint Augustine
St. Augustine
Christian bishop and theologian
John Calvin
John Calvin
French theologian
St. Thomas Aquinas
St. Thomas Aquinas
Italian Christian theologian and philosopher
St. Gregory the Great
St. Gregory the Great
pope
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Origen
Christian theologian