Balthasar Lydius
Balthasar Lydius (also Palatinus ; born August 13, 1576 in Umstadt ; † January 20, 1629 in Dordrecht ) was a German Reformed clergyman , theologian and church historian .
Life
Lydius was the son of the theologian Martin Lydius . From this he received his first lessons. He then attended the universities of Franeker from 1596 and Leiden from 1599 to study theology. From 1602 he was first preacher of the Reformed congregation, which lived secretly in Herzogenbusch . On October 9, 1602, he was appointed as a preacher in Dordrecht, but only got a job as a preacher there in 1604. He remained in this position until his death. His writing activity also developed in Dordrecht.
Lydius, who had already participated in the Synod in 1607, opened and closed the Synod in Dordrecht, which lasted from November 1618 to May 1619 with his sermons. The synod discussed the first Dutch translation of the Bible. In the course of this synod, the brief compilation of their negotiations and the writing of the catechetical textbook Het cort, the christelycke empty , as well as a refutation by Petrus Cunaeus . He was also a participant in the synods in July / August 1619 and August 1620.
The preacher Jacobus Lydius was his son.
Works (selection)
- Cort Vertael van alle Menschelycke insettingen from Roomsche Kercke , Dordrecht 1610.
- Waldensia id est, Conservatio Verae Ecclesiae: Demonstrata Ex confessionibus, cum Taboritarvm, ante CC. fere annos, tum Bohemorvm, circa tempora Reformationis, scriptis. 2 volumes, Berewout, Rotterdam 1616–1617.
- Facula accensa historiae Waldensium. Zijn plan om a uitvoerige divorceis van de Waldensen te schrijven is niet uitgevoerd. Ten onrechte meent men, dat hij JP Perrin's Histoire des Vaudois et Albigeois , Genoa 1618.
- Super loco Mosis de cruentato sponsarum linteo et aliis virginitatis signis . In: Epistolicae quaestiones , Roterdam 1644.
- Geestelyck bruyloftsbancket ofte Meditatien over Cantic , Dordrecht 1648.
- De Lyncuro lapid . In: Epistolicae quaestiones , Rotterdam 1655.
literature
- Abraham Jacob van der Aa : Lydius, Martinus . In: Biographisch woordenboek der Nederlanden (BWN), Brederode, Haarlem, 1865, Volume 11, pp. 775-779.
- Julius August Wagenmann : Lydius, Martin . In: Realenzyklopädie für Protestantische Theologie und Kirche , 9th volume, 2nd edition, Hinrichsen, Leipzig 1881, p. 106 f.
- Jacob Cornelis van Slee : Lydius, Balthasar . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 19, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1884, p. 729 f.
- Frederik Samuel Knipscheer : Lydius (Balthasar) . In: Petrus Johannes Blok , Philipp Christiaan Molhuysen (Ed.): Nieuw Nederlandsch Biografisch Woordenboek . Part 8. N. Israel, Amsterdam 1974, Sp. 1085-1086 (Dutch, knaw.nl - first edition: AW Sijthoff, Leiden 1930, reprint unchanged).
- JA Lamping: Lydius, Balthasar . In: JW Buisman, G. Brinkman: Biografisch lexicon voor de geschiedenis van het Nederlands protestantisme. Uitgeverij Kok, Kampen, 2006, Volume 6, pp. 175-177.
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Lydius, Balthasar |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Palatine |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German Reformed theologian and clergyman |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 13, 1576 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Umstadt |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 20, 1629 |
| Place of death | Dordrecht |