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Jacobus Arminius

1560 - 1609

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Jacobus Arminius (; Dutch: Jakob Hermanszoon ; 10 October 1560 – 19 October 1609) was a Dutch Reformed minister and theologian during the Protestant Reformation period whose views became the basis of Arminianism and the Dutch Remonstrant movement. He served from 1603 as professor in theology at the University of Leiden and wrote many books and treatises on theology. Following his death, his challenge to the Reformed standard, the Belgic Confession, provoked ample discussion at the Synod of Dort, which crafted the five points of Calvinism in response to Arminius's teaching. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jacobus Arminius is the 335th most popular philosopher (down from 315th in 2019), the 111th most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 105th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Dutch Philosopher.

Jacobus Arminius was a Dutch theologian and minister who was born in 1560. He was a student of Theodore Beza, and he became a professor of theology at the University of Leiden. Arminius is most famous for being the father of the Remonstrant movement.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Jacobus Arminius ranks 335 out of 1,267. Before him are Giovanni Gentile, Isaac Abarbanel, Asanga, Juan Luis Vives, Martianus Capella, and Han Yu. After him are Nicolai Hartmann, Alexandre Kojève, Judith Butler, John Searle, Johann Georg Hamann, and Hunayn ibn Ishaq.

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Among people born in 1560, Jacobus Arminius ranks 4. Before him are Elizabeth Báthory, Annibale Carracci, and Thomas Harriot. After him are Gaspard Bauhin, Jan Karol Chodkiewicz, Thomas Cavendish, Anton Praetorius, Maximilien de Béthune, Duke of Sully, Christian I, Elector of Saxony, Juan Sánchez Cotán, and Charles I, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld. Among people deceased in 1609, Jacobus Arminius ranks 5. Before him are Annibale Carracci, Ferdinando I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, Judah Loew ben Bezalel, and Joseph Justus Scaliger. After him are Federico Zuccari, Gasparo da Salò, John William, Duke of Jülich-Cleves-Berg, John Leonardi, Giovanni Giacomo Gastoldi, and Yi San-hae.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Jacobus Arminius ranks 111 out of 1,646. Before him are Coenraad Jacob Temminck (1778), Pieter Aertsen (1508), Lucas van Leyden (1494), Edsger W. Dijkstra (1930), Harry Mulisch (1927), and Norbert of Xanten (1080). After him are Bernard Mandeville (1670), Willem Schouten (1567), Willem Claesz. Heda (1594), Gerard David (1450), Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin (1727), and Jan Swammerdam (1637).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Netherlands

Among philosophers born in Netherlands, Jacobus Arminius ranks 3. Before him are Baruch Spinoza (1632), and Erasmus (1466). After him are Rodolphus Agricola (1443), Jacob Moleschott (1822), Dirck Coornhert (1522), Marsilius of Inghen (1335), Thomas van Erpe (1584), and Bas van Fraassen (1941).

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