Jacobus Lydius
Jacobus Lydius (also Jacob Lydius ; * around 1610 in Dordrecht ; † 1679 ibid) was a Dutch Reformed theologian and clergyman .
Life
Lydius was the son of the Dordrecht preacher Balthasar Lydius and grandson of the theologian Martin Lydius . He attended the Dordrecht Latin School under Antonius Aemilius and Gerard Bor . He then went to study theology at the University of Leiden , where he was trained under Andreas Rivet , Antonius Walaeus , Antonius Thysius and Franco Petri Burgersdyck , among others . In 1632 he was given the position of preacher from Bleskensgraaf .
Lydius was given a preaching position in his hometown of Dordrecht in 1637, and in 1643, through Jacob Cats' mediation, he was allowed to accompany the extraordinary Dutch embassy, which was supposed to mediate between King Charles and Parliament in England . He was able to use this trip to visit several English universities, to use their library and to meet well-known theologians of England through the mediation of Johann Gerhard Vossius . Accordingly, this journey was fruitful for his work. He made a name for himself in Dordrecht as a preacher, theologian and poet and died in office in 1679.
Works (selection)
- Agonistica sacra sive syntagma vocum et phrasium agonisticarum, quae in p. scriptura, inprimis vero epistolis Pauli apostoli, occurrunt , Rotterdam 1657.
- Florum sparsio ad historiam passionis Jesu Christi , Dordrecht 1652.
- Belgium Gloriosum, cum notis , Dordrecht 1668.
- Laatste duyvelsdreck ofte ongehoorde grouwelen van Paepsche leeraars onser eeuwe , Dordrecht 1689.
- Syntagma sacrum de re militari, necnon de jure jurando dissertatio philologica , Dordrecht 1698.
- De Roomsche Uylenspiegel, dried uyt verscheyden oude Roomsch-Catholycke legende boecken , 2nd edition, Verbeek, Amsterdam 1716.
literature
- Abraham Jacob van der Aa : Lydius, Martinus . In: Biographisch woordenboek der Nederlanden (BWN), Brederode, Haarlem, 1865, Volume 11, pp. 780-785.
- Julius August Wagenmann : Lydius, Martin . In: Realenzyklopädie für Protestantische Theologie und Kirche , 9th volume, 2nd edition, Hinrichsen, Leipzig 1881, p. 107.
- Jacob Cornelis van Slee : Lydius, Jacob . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 19, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1884, p. 730 f.
- Frederik Samuel Knipscheer : Lydius (Jacobus) . In: Petrus Johannes Blok , Philipp Christiaan Molhuysen (Ed.): Nieuw Nederlandsch Biografisch Woordenboek . Part 8. N. Israel, Amsterdam 1974, Sp. 1086-1087 (Dutch, knaw.nl - first edition: AW Sijthoff, Leiden 1930, reprint unchanged).
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Lydius, Jacobus |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Lydius, Jacob |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dutch Reformed theologian and clergyman |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1610 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dordrecht |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1679 |
| Place of death | Dordrecht |