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Gisbertus Voetius

Gisbertus Voetius
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Gisbertus Voetius (Latinized version of the Dutch name Gijsbert Voet [ˈɣɛizbərt ˈfut]; 3 March 1589 – 1 November 1676) was a Dutch Calvinist theologian, pastor, and professor.

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  1. Calvin was cowardly enough to have him arrested, and barbarous enough to have him condemned to be roasted by a slow fire--the same punishment which Calvin himself had narrowly escaped in France. Nearly all the theologians of that time were by turns persecuting and persecuted, executioners and victims.

    Voltaire, A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 02

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  2. These forces were the authority of reason and science. In _The Christian Philosopher_,[i-29] basing his attitude on the works of Ray, Derham, Cheyne, and Grew,[i-30] Mather attempted to shatter the Calvinists' antithesis between science and theology, asserting "that [Natural] Philosophy is no Enemy, but a mighty and wondrous Incentive to Religion."[i-31] He warned that since even Mahomet with the aid of reason found…

    Benjamin Franklin, Benjamin Franklin

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  3. Diffunditur ergo per mundum caelestis illa doctrina, adunantur populi, instituuntur ecclesiae, fit unum corpus quod mundi latitudinem occuparet, cuius caput Christus ascendit in caelos, ut necessario caput suum membra sequerentur. Haec itaque doctrina et praesentem uitam bonis informat operibus et post consummationem saeculi resurrectura corpora nostra praeter corruptionem ad regna caelestia pollicetur, ita ut qui…

    Boethius, The Theological Tractates and The Consolation of Philosophy

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Part of Dutch philosophy.

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