Conrad Vorstius

Conrad Vorstius
Vorstius, 1616 engraving
Born19 July 1569 (1569-07-19)
Free Imperial City of Cologne
Died29 September 1622 (1622-09-30) (aged 53)
Tönning, Duchy of Schleswig
Other namesKonrad von der Vorst, Conradus Vorstius
Alma materUniversity of Heidelberg
Scientific career
InstitutionsLeiden University
Academic advisorsJohannes Piscator
Doctoral studentsFranciscus Sylvius

Conrad Vorstius (German: Konrad von der Vorst; Latin: Conradus Vorstius; 19 July 1569 – 29 September 1622) was a German-Dutch heterodox Remonstrant theologian, and successor to Jacobus Arminius in the theology chair at Leiden University.[1][2] His appointment, and the controversy surrounding it, became an international matter in the political and religious affairs of the United Provinces during the Twelve Years' Truce, supplying a pretext for the irregular intervention of King James I of England in those affairs.[3][4] Vorstius published theological views which were taken to show sympathy with the Socinians, and was declared a heretic at the Synod of Dort in 1619.[5][6][7]

  1. ^ 'Vorstius, Conrad', in J.H. Zedler, Grosses vollständiges Universal Lexicon Aller Wissenschaften und Künste (Verlegts Johann Heinrich Zedler, Leipzig und Halle 1746), Vol. 50: Vo-Vrh, pp. 1290-1310 (Google). In German and Latin. Zedler draws substantially on Gualtherus.
  2. ^ Marcus Gualtherus, De Vita Et Obitu Reverendi, Clarissimi & doctissimi viri, Dn. Conradi Vorstii SS. Theologiae Doctoris, qui pie & placide expiravit Tonningae, 29 Septemb: Anni 1622. & postridie Calend. Octobr. honorifice in nova Holsatiae Fridericopoli terrae mandatus est, Oratio (1624). Read at Goettingen University: Zentrales Verzeichnis Digitalisierte Drucke, DFG-Viewer (Funeral oration, in Latin).
  3. ^ W.K. Jordan, The Development of Religious Toleration in England, 4 vols (Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Mass. 1932-1940), II: 1603-1640, pp. 334-37 (Hathi Trust).
  4. ^ A.W. Harrison, The Beginnings of Arminianism to the Synod of Dort (University of London Press, London 1926), pp. 165-89.
  5. ^ H.Y. Groenewegen, 'Conradus Vorstius', in P.C. Molhuysen, P.J. Blok and J.H. Kossmann (eds), Nieuw Nederlandsch Biografisch Woordenboek, 10 Vols (Leiden 1911-1937), pp. 1342-44.
  6. ^ C. van der Woude, 'Conrad Vorstius', in Biografisch Lexicon voor de Geschiedenis van het Nederlandse Protestantisme (Uitgeverij Kok, Kampen 1978-2006), I, pp. 407-10.
  7. ^ '151. Conrad Vorstius (or Vorst)', in R. Wallace, AntiTrinitarian Biography: Or, Sketches of the Lives and Writings of Distinguished Anti-Trinitarians, 3 vols (E.T. Whitfield, London 1850), II, pp. 444-54 (Google).