Didericus van der Kemp

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Didericus van der Kemp

Didericus van der Kemp also: Dirk van der Kemp (born December 14, 1731 in Rotterdam , † August 4, 1780 in Leiden ) was a Dutch Reformed theologian.

Life

The son of the theologian Cornelius van der Kemp (1702–1772) and Anna Maria van Teylingen, had attended the Erasmus school in his hometown. He left this on March 4, 1752 with the speech de nonnullis Graecis Romanisque Gajo Mucio Scaevolo, quod ad laudem non inferioribus . He then took up studies at the University of Utrecht , where he enrolled on November 1, 1752 in the matriculation of the university. In the year of his enrollment, he defended Proconsule with the treatises disputatio hist. Critica and de Cornelio Centurione et Sergio Paullo . On January 13, 1756, he was accepted as a candidate for the ministry in Rotterdam and in the same year obtained a licentiate in theology in Utrecht. On November 14, 1756 he became pastor in Streefkerk , on October 30, 1757 pastor in Zwijndrecht and on June 17, 1759 pastor in Purmerend .

On April 29, 1766 he had received an appointment from the curators of the Leiden University to the philosophy faculty, as professor of church history. After he had been appointed doctor of theology by the university senate on May 27, 1766, he took up his chair on September 29, 1766 with the speech De bona spe, quae etiam nunc Ecclesiae Batavae supersit (...) (Leiden 1766) on. In addition, on November 4, 1764, he was given a parish office in Leiden. The theologian, striving for the unity of the Reformed Dutch Church, got into a dispute with a person who opposed his efforts and those of other theologians under an unknown name. This had questioned the limits of the Dutch church and its confession.

It turned out that it was Henry Goodricke (1741–1784), who was working as a lawyer in Groningen. He countered this with the writing De gronden der goede hope voor Neerlands Hervormde kerke verdedigd; ter answers van den Heere H. Goodricke, (Leiden 1770). Kemp had also taken part in the organizational tasks of the Leiden University and was rector of the Alma Mater in 1775/76 . As such, he gave the Oratio de eo quod res Christiana a Juliani in ipsam odio maxime lucrata fuit . On February 1, 1779, the curators of the Leiden University appointed him professor of theology, which he assumed on June 15, 1779 with the speech Oratio de Gregorio Nazianzeno imitabili theologis nostris exemplo maxime imitando . Here, however, he could no longer develop any greater effectiveness because he died a year later. Kemp also appeared as a poet.

His son Johannes Cornelius van der Kemp comes from his marriage to Margaretha Elizabeth van de Wal on March 27, 1763. She received her doctorate in Leiden in 1790 and later held several public offices.

Works

  • Dispute. hist.-crit. per Cornelio centurione et Sergio Paullo proconsule, in Julianum imperatorem: quam, adspirante supremo numine, praeside V. clar. Petro Wesselingio .... publicae commilitonum disquisitioni subicit .... the I Nov. Utrecht 1752
  • Oratio inaug. De bona spe, quae etiam nunc Ecclesiae Batavae supersit, ac praecipuis nonnullis ejus ex historia potissimum Ecclesiastica argumentis. Leiden 1766; Dutch translated: Inwyiings-redev. ten betooge vd goede hope, wilted ook thans noch voor de Kerk v. Nederl. overschiete, en sommigen der voraamste bewysgronden voor dezelve, uit de Kerkelyke Geschiedenissen meestal ontleend, Uit het Lat. verduitscht. Leiden 1767
  • De gronden der goede hope voor Neerlands Herv. Kerke verdedigd; ter answere vd heere H. Goodricke. Leiden 1770

literature

personal data
SURNAME Kemp, Didericus van der
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kemp, Dirk van der
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Dutch Reformed theologian
DATE OF BIRTH December 14, 1731
PLACE OF BIRTH Rotterdam
DATE OF DEATH 4th August 1780
Place of death Suffer