Nadere Reformatie

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As nadere reformatie (Dutch for more (in terms of precise, more detailed) Reformation ) is a movement within the since the end of the 19th century Dutch Reformed Church called the 17th and 18th centuries. Its exact delimitation is controversial, as is its relationship to the related movements of Puritanism in England and Pietism in Germany.

Concept and exploration

Nadere first encountered Reformatie as a program term in a reform writing of the Utrecht Consistory from 1665. In terms of content, Willem Teellinck's demands for a front reformatie (further Reformation, probably based on the Puritan demand for a further reformation ) were included. The term has been used as a historiographical term for a particular trend since the end of the 19th century and has been naturalized since around 1950. Since 1977 the Documentatieblad Nadere Reformatie first appeared, research has expanded considerably. In 1983 the Stichting Study of Nadere Reformatie (SSNR) was founded, which has been running the Sleutel tot de Nadere Reformatie website since 2006 . In the German-speaking area, the Germanization Nearer Reformation has hardly prevailed, while in English there is still often talk of Further Reformation .

Mark

The Nadere Reformatie placed great emphasis on the effects of the biblical message on all aspects of daily life. The Reformation of Martin Luther and John Calvin led to a break with the Roman Catholic Church and individual aspects of its theology . The Reformation was first and foremost a doctrinal renewal .

In addition to teaching , the Nadere Reformatie also focused on life, the concrete way of life. The closer Reformation intended the effect of the biblical principles in the family , society , church , politics and state . The preachers and theologians of the nearer Reformation called for penance and repentance .

Willem van 't Spijker described the Nadere Reformatie as "the Dutch manifestation of international pietism of the seventeenth century". In contrast, Johannes Wallmann saw them as "self-reformed Orthodoxy according to its practical orientation".

Representative

In addition to Willem Tellinck, Jean Taffin and William Ames are also considered forerunners or founding fathers of Nadere Reformatie . Well-known representatives were the professors Gisbert Voetius and Hermann Witsius as well as the preachers Wilhelmus à Brakel and Jodocus van Lodenstein . With Jean de Labadie , radical demands led to a separation from the Reformed Church.

literature

  • T. Brienen et al. a. (Ed.): De Nadere Reformatie en het Gereformeerd Piëtisme . Uitgeverij Boekcentrum BV, 's-Gravenhage 1989.
  • Johannes van den Berg: The piety strivings in the Netherlands . In: Martin Brecht (ed.): History of Pietism Vol. 1. Pietism from the seventeenth to the early eighteenth century . Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 1993, ISBN 3525553439 , pp. 57-112.
  • Fred van Lieburg: From Pure Church to Pious Culture. The Further Reformation in the Seventeenth-Century Dutch Republic . In: W. Fred Graham (Ed.): Later Calvinism. International Perspectives . Kirksville, 1994.
  • Johannes van den Berg: The piety strivings in the Netherlands . In: Martin Brecht (ed.): History of Pietism Vol. 2. Pietism in the eighteenth century . Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 1995, pp. 542-587.
  • C. Graafland, WJ op 't Hof, FA van Lieburg: Nadere Reformatie: opnieuw een poging tot begripsbepaling . In: Documentatieblad Nadere Reformatie 19 (1995), pp. 105-184 (PDF file via http://www.ssnr.nl/orientatie , see begripsbepaling).
  • Willem Jan Op't Hof: The closer Reformation and the Dutch Reformed Pietism and their relationship to German Pietism . In: Nederlands Archief Voor Kerkgeschiedenis 78 (1998), pp. 161-183.
  • Johannes Wallmann : The Nadere Reformatie and the German Pietism . In: Ders .: Pietism and Orthodoxy . Mohr Siebeck, Tübingen 2010, pp. 406-426.
  • Fred van Lieburg: Ways of Dutch Pietism Research . In: Pietismus und Neuzeit Volume 37 (2011), pp. 211–253.

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Individual evidence

  1. Quoted from Andreas J. Beck: Gisbertus Voetius (1589–1676). His understanding of theology and his doctrine of God . Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2007, p. 131
  2. ^ Johannes Wallmann: The Nadere Reformatie and the German Pietism . In: Ders .: Pietism and Orthodoxy . Mohr Siebeck, Tübingen 2010, pp. 406-426, here 410.