Gisbert Bonnet

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Gisbert Bonnet

Gisbert Bonnet (also: Gijsbert Bonnet ; * December 2, 1723 in Naarden , † February 3, 1805 in Utrecht ) was a Dutch Reformed theologian.

Life

The son of Tijmen Bonnet and his wife Lisbeth Hartsenburg began studying theology at Utrecht University in 1748 . During his studies in Utrecht, he demonstrated extensive knowledge in public treatises. Under Johannes Horthemels he had a metaphysical-pneumatological treatise De notitia eorum, quae mens humana nec direote nec positive cognoscere potest. , under Sebald Rau a philological-theological treatise De eo quod fidei merentur Judaeorum monumenta sacris in antiquitatibus et sensu eorum mystico (1751) and under Petrus Wesseling a historical treatise De causis superstitionum inter Christianos (1753) defended.

After working as a pastor in the parish in Amersfoort from December 30, 1753 , he moved to Rotterdam as a preacher in 1756 and to The Hague in 1758 in the same position . As successor to Willem van Irhoven , the curators of the Utrecht University appointed him professor of theology on December 8, 1760. From the theological faculty he received the academic degree of doctor on January 30, 1761 and began the task proposed to him on February 5 of the same year with the speech de fidei mysteriis revelatam religionem adstruentibus .

In this function he established himself as an important theologian in his country, who made valuable contributions above all to homiletics . Through his own examples presented and through his theoretical instructions for the contemporary training of theologians, he had created decisive accents of a church that was realigning itself. Later important theologians such as Pieter Hendrik van Lis (1757–1809), Theodor Adrian Clarisse (1741–1782) or Johann Clarisse found valuable aspects for their future careers as his students.

He turned down an offer from the University of Leiden in 1764 and received a salary supplement and the assurance of a widow's pension. In his speech De Tolerantia circa religionem, in vitium et noxam vertente on the occasion of the resignation of his rectorate of the alma mater , led in 1764/65 , Bonnet took action against Voltaire's views on church tolerance in Traité sur la tolérance . Bonnet also participated in 1779/80 and 1792/93 as rector of the Alma Mater in its organizational tasks. As an orthodox representative of the Reformed Evangelical Church of Gisbert Voetius , he showed his convictions, which were manifested in respect for human rights and the tolerance of denominations.

Bonnet nonetheless remains dogmatic in his deep piety and tried to oppose the ever increasing rational efforts. Rather, he believed in the secrets of faith that were supposed to form man's salvation, with which, as a student of Van Irhoven, he sought to develop his dogmatic convictions further.

Bonnet earned the respect and prestige that eventually made him one of the most famous Dutch theologians of the Reformed Orthodox Church at the end of the 18th century.

On April 30, 1754 he was married to Anna Apollionia Wesseling († 1797), the daughter of Professor Petrus Wesseling.

Works (selection)

  • Idle speeches. Utrecht 1774. 4 parts
  • Schetswijze opheldering over Solomo's Prediker. Utrecht 1781, 2 parts
  • Thought over het Lijden en den Dood van Jezus. Utrecht 1792
  • Empty speeches ter Aanprijzing van onderzoek, in zaken concerning the divine service. Utrecht 1793.
  • De Heerschappij van Jezus Christ, in empty speeches. Utrecht 1795.
  • Verklaring van den Brief aan de Hebreen. Amsterdam 1802, 10th parts
  • Please send a letter to the State of Godsdienst en Godgeleerde Studiën in het Sticht van Utrecht. Utrecht 1803

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  1. ↑ to other September 23
personal data
SURNAME Bonnet, Gisbert
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bonnet, Gijsbert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Dutch Reformed theologian
DATE OF BIRTH December 2, 1723
PLACE OF BIRTH Naarden
DATE OF DEATH February 3, 1805
Place of death Utrecht